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: