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Ecdysozoa

Ecdysozoa (/ˌɛkdɪsoʊˈzoʊə/) is a group of protostome animals, including Arthropoda (insects, chelicerates (including arachnids), crustaceans, and myriapods), Nematoda, and several smaller phyla. The grouping of these animal phyla into a single clade was first proposed by Eernisse et al. (1992) based on a phylogenetic analysis of 141 morphological…

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related to Phylogeny · 19
Ecdysozoa → Acosmia, Arthropoda, Cycloneuralia, Dunn, Edgecombe, Giribet, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Other, Panarthropoda, Priapulida, Tardigrada, The, The Arthropoda, The Ecdysozoa, Uncus
related to Characteristics · 16
Ecdysozoa → ADP, An, Ancestrally, AP/AK, ATP, CP/CK, Ecdysozoans, In, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoida, Panarthropoda, Priapulida, Tardigrada, The, This
related to Articulata hypothesis · 13
Ecdysozoa → Aguinaldo, Annelida, Articulata, Darwin, Deuterostomia, Inclusion, James Lake, Lophotrochozoa, New Animal Phylogeny, Nielsen, Panarthropoda, The, Wallace Medal
related to External links · 11
Ecdysozoa → Animalia, Archived, Berkeley, CA, California Museum, Kingdoms, Nematomorpha, Paleontology, Phyla, Tardigrades, University
related to Coelomata hypothesis · 8
Ecdysozoa → Acoelomata, Adoutte, Before Aguinaldo's Ecdysozoa, Coelomata, Eucoelomata, Pseudocoelomata, There, With
related to Etymology · 2
Ecdysozoa → Greek, The

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group nematoda nematomorpha panarthropoda tardigrada arthropoda uncus et al based kinorhyncha priapulida loricifera onychophora phyla nematoida clade phylogenetic dahescolex dakorhachis

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Ecdysozoarelated to Articulata hypothesisAnnelida0.60section
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Ecdysozoarelated to Articulata hypothesisWallace Medal0.60section

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