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 – the arthropods, invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages..
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Chelicerata (spiders etc.), Crustacea (crabs etc.), Hexapoda (insects etc.), Myriapoda (centipedes etc.) - extant subphyla; †Marrellomorpha (lace crabs);[1] †Trilobitomorpha (trilobites) - extinct subphyla
Coordinate terms
- (phylum): Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Priapula, Tardigrada[1]
References
- Arthropoda at World Register of Marine Species
- Arthropoda on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Arthropoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Arthropoda at Encyclopedia of Life
- Arthropoda at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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