Tactopoda
Appearance
Tactopoda | |
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The tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini | |
The blue crab Callinectes sapidus, an arthropod | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | ParaHoxozoa |
Clade: | Bilateria |
Clade: | Nephrozoa |
(unranked): | Protostomia |
Superphylum: | Ecdysozoa |
(unranked): | Panarthropoda |
(unranked): | Tactopoda Budd, 2001 |
Tactopods are members of a proposed clade of ecdysozoans called Tactopoda. Various studies support the tactopods.