COMMON NAME: emperor scorpion. KINGDOM: Animalia. PHYLUM: Arthropoda. CLASS: Arachnida. ORDER: Scorpiones. FAMILY: GENUS SPECIES: Pandinus imperator ... read more
Timothy H is mistaken - there is no phylum called "invertebrate". There are many different phyla of invertebrates. Scorpions belong to the phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida, and order Scorpiones. read more
Of the 1,000+ known species of scorpion, only 25 have venom that is deadly to humans; most of those belong to the family Buthidae (including Leiurus quinquestriatus, Hottentotta, Centruroides and Androctonus). read more