Titanoecoidea | |
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Nurscia albomaculata (Titanoecidae) | |
Vidole capensis (Phyxelididae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Superfamily: | Titanoecoidea |
Families | |
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The Titanoecoidea or titanoecoids are a proposed taxon of araneomorph spiders at the superfamily rank. The taxon contains two families of spiders, Phyxelididae and Titanoecidae. Although some phylogenetic studies have shown these two families to form a clade,[1][2] other studies have not, placing Titanoecidae outside the RTA clade while Phyxelididae is placed inside it.[3] A 2011 classification of spider families leaves both Phyxelididae and Titanoecidae outside the RTA clade as "unplaced non-Orbiculariae families".[4] The status of the group remains unclear as of December 2015[update].