Tactopoda

Also known as Tactopod, Tactopods

Tactopoda or Arthropodoidea is a proposed clade of ecdysozoan animals that includes the phyla Tardigrada and Euarthropoda, supported by various morphological observations. The cladogram below shows the relationships implied by this hypothesis.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
Proposed classification
Phylogeny
References

The competing hypothesis is that Antennopoda (= Euarthropoda + Onychophora, the arthropods and the velvet worms) is monophyletic, and tardigrades lie outside this grouping.

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