Panarthropoda
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Panarthropoda
| image = 31-Velvet Worm.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Velvet worm
| regnum = Animalia
| subregnum = Ecdysozoa
| unranked_phylum = Panarthropoda
| unranked_phylum_authority = Nielsen, 1997
| subdivision_ranks = Phyla
| subdivision =
Arthropoda
Onychophora
Tardigrada
}}
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 (s.a. ventral, nervous system)
- segmented body
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