# Cryptomaster

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***Cryptomaster*** is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family [Cryptomastridae](/source/Cryptomastridae). There are two described species in *Cryptomaster*, both found in Oregon.[1][2][3]

## Species

These two species belong to the genus *Cryptomaster*:

- *[Cryptomaster behemoth](/source/Cryptomaster_behemoth)* Starrett & Derkarabetian, 2016
- *[Cryptomaster leviathan](/source/Cryptomaster_leviathan)* Briggs, 1969

## References

1. ["*Cryptomaster*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/6909029). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

1. ["*Cryptomaster* genus Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/939286). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

1. Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell et al. (2018). ["A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements"](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24937/). *ZooKeys*. '***(760): 1–36. [doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.760.24937). [PMC 5986891](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986891). [PMID 29872361](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29872361)***

## Further reading

- Derkarabetian, Shahan; Steinmann, David B.; Hedin, Marshal (2010). "Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America". *PLOS ONE*. **5** (5). [Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510388D](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010PLoSO...510388D). [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010388](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010388). [PMC 2866537](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866537). [PMID 20479884](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20479884)
- Kury, Adriano B.; Mendes, Amanda Cruz; Souza, Daniele R. (2014). "World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea". *Biodiversity Data Journal*. '***(2). [doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094](https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094). [PMC 4238074](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4238074). [PMID 25425936](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25425936)***
- Starrett, J.; Derkarabetian, S.; Richart, C. H.; Cabrero, A. et al. (2016). "A new monster from southwest Oregon forests: Cryptomaster behemoth sp. n. (Opiliones, Laniatores, Travunioidea)". *ZooKeys*. '***(555): 11–35. [doi:10.3897/zookeys.555.6274](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6274). [PMC 4740820](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740820). [PMID 26877685](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26877685)***

- ["'Monster spider' discovered in Oregon called Cryptomaster Behemoth - BBC Newsbeat"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-35418208). bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.

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