Panarthropoda

Taxobox
name = Panarthropoda


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Velvet worm
regnum = Animalia
superphylum = Ecdysozoa
unranked_classis = Panarthropoda
unranked_classis_authority = Nielsen, 1997
subdivision_ranks = Phyla
subdivision =
Arthropoda
Onychophora
Tardigrada
Lobopodia†

Panarthropoda is a taxon combining the phyla Arthropoda, Tardigrada and Onychophora. Originally, they were considered to be closely related to the annelids, grouped together as the Articulata, but newer studies place them among a group called the Ecdysozoa.

Common characters of the Panarthropoda include:
* presence of legs
* presence of claws
* ventral nervous system (see also ventral, nervous system)
* segmented body

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