Sea scorpions and true scorpions are actually sister clades that both belong to a Subphylum known as Chelicerata, an ancient group of arthropods that first appeared in the oceans of the Cambrian Period.

真正的子实际上是姐妹分类群， 都属一个称为螯肢亚门的亚门，这是一个最在寒武纪时期洋中的古老节肢动物群体。