| ordo_authority = Carl Ludwig Koch|C. L. Koch, 1837
| subdivision_ranks = Тобу
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*[[Pseudochactoidea]]
*[[Scorpionoidea]]}}
'''Scorpions''' are [[predation|predatory]] [[arachnid]]s of the order '''Scorpiones'''. They have eight legs<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.scorpionworlds.com/|title= SCORPION FACTS AND INFORMATION|publisher=ScorpionWorlds|accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref> and are easily recognised by the pair of grasping [[pedipalp]]s and the narrow, segmented [[tail]], often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a [[venom]]ous [[stinger]]. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm / 0.3 in. (''[[Typhlochactas mitchelli]]'') to 23 cm / 9 in. (''[[Heterometrus swammerdami]]'').<ref>{{cite book |author=Manny Rubio |year=2000 |title=Scorpions: Everything About Purchase, Care, Feeding, and Housing |publisher=[[Barron's Educational Series|Barron's]] |isbn=978-0-7641-1224-9 |chapter=Commonly Available Scorpions|pages=26–27