{{Short description|Species of harvestman/daddy longlegs}} {{Speciesbox | image = Opiliones, Laniatores, F. Cladonychiidae, Cryptomaster leviathan (2404994162).jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Cryptomaster leviathan | authority =Briggs, 1969 }}
'''''Cryptomaster leviathan''''' is an opilionid arachnid known from southeastern Oregon.<ref name="SDRC&H">{{cite journal|last1=Starrett|first1=James|last2=Derkarabetian|first2=Shahan|last3=Richart|first3=Casey H.|last4=Cabrero|first4=Allan|last5=Hedin|first5=Marshal|title=A new monster from southwest Oregon forests: ''Cryptomaster behemoth'' sp. n. (Opiliones, Laniatores, Travunioidea)|journal=ZooKeys|date=2016|issue=555|pages=11–35|doi=10.3897/zookeys.555.6274|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6274|pmid=26877685|pmc=4740820|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is named after the Leviathan of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible due to its large body size compared to most travunioid Laniatores.
Like its relative ''C. behemoth'', it is found in mature coniferous or mixed coniferous and hardwood forests.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|title='Monster spider' discovered in Oregon called Cryptomaster Behemoth - BBC Newsbeat|work=BBC News|date=27 January 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-35418208|access-date=2016-01-29}}</ref> However, it has also been found in disturbed forests and forests with few conifers. It is often found under decaying logs and stumps and in the leaf litter of maple trees and ''Polystichum'' ferns.
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Category:Harvestmen Category:Animals described in 1969 Category:Endemic fauna of Oregon
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