Lobopodia

See also: lobopodia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “lobe”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Lobopodia f

  1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – soft-bodied, marine worm-like fossil panarthropods; lobopodians.

Usage notes

There are a few concepts that use this name, differing by their circumscription. When this grouping refers only to the soft-bodied, marine worm-like extinct panarthropods, and not the other panarthropods (arthropods, onychophorans, and tardigrades), which evolved from lobopodian ancestors, it is paraphyletic.

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