The Phalangids (legacy name) or Opiliones (better known as "harvestmen") are eight-legged invertebrate animals belonging to the order Opiliones in the class Arachnida, inthe subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda.
Harvestmen are also known by the name "daddy longlegs.".
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