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Arthropoda

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Phylum group names

*Chelicerata*		taxonomically included in
*Crustacea*	Brünnich, 1772	taxonomically included in
*Myriapoda*	Latreille, 1797	taxonomically included in

Children

Chelicerata
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772
Myriapoda Latreille, 1797

Literature

basis of record	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
taxonomy source	Hegna, T. A.; Legg, D. A.; Møller, O. S.; Van Roy, P.; Lerosey-Aubril, R. (2013). The correct authorship of the taxon name 'Arthropoda'. Arthropod Systematics & Philogeny. 71(2), 71-74.
taxonomy source	Martínez-Muñoz, C. A. (2023). The correct authorship of Arthropoda—A reappraisal. Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History. 6(1).

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Taxonomy

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Arthropoda. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1065

Taxonomic Coordinator. Arthropoda. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a068518a-257a-4dbb-8425-b6faaef7d56b

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1065
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:2

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2024-03-27 by Taxonomic Coordinator & by Wim Decock

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