Lobopodia

See also: lobopodia

Translingual

Reconstruction of various lobopodians. 1: Microdictyon sinicum, 2: Diania cactiformis, 3: Collinsovermis monstruosus, 4: Luolishania longicruris, 5: Onychodictyon ferox, 6: Hallucigenia sparsa, 7: Aysheaia pedunculata, 8: Antennacanthopodia gracilis, 9: Facivermis yunnanicus, 10: Paucipodia inermis, 11: Jianshanopodia decora, 12: Hallucigenia fortis

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.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Eumetazoa – clade; Bilateria – subkingdom; Nephrozoa – clade; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Panarthropoda – clade

Hyponyms

• (genus): Onychophora, Tardigrada – subphyla; Xenusia – class

References

• Lobopodia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lobopodia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lobopodia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons