Arthropoda
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) or ποδός (podós, “foot”); arthro- + -poda.
Proper noun
Arthropoda
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – all arthropods, invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Chelicerata (spiders, etc.), Crustacea (crabs, lobsters, barnacles, etc.), Hexapoda (insects, etc.), Myriapoda (centipedes, millipedes, etc.) – extant subphyla; †Marrellomorpha (lace crabs);[1] †Trilobitomorpha (trilobites) – extinct subphyla
Coordinate terms
- (phylum): Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Priapula, Tardigrada[1]
Descendants
References
- Arthropoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Arthropoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Arthropoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Arthropoda at World Register of Marine Species
- Arthropoda at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Arthropoda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Arthropoda at the Tree of Life Web Project