Arthropoda

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) or ποδός (podós, “foot”); arthro- +‎ -poda.

Proper noun

Arthropoda

1. 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

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Chelicerata (spiders, etc.), Crustacea (crabs, lobsters, barnacles, etc.), Hexapoda (insects, etc.), Myriapoda (centipedes, millipedes, etc.) – extant subphyla; †Marrellomorpha (lace crabs); †Trilobitomorpha (trilobites) – extinct subphyla

Coordinate terms

• (phylum): Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Priapula, Tardigrada

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