Tactopoda

Updated on Dec 15, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Clade Bilateria Superphylum Ecdysozoa		Subkingdom Eumetazoa Clade Nephrozoa

Similar Euperipatoides kanangrensis, Panarthropoda, Xenusiid, Aysheaia, Paucipodia

Tactopoda is a proposed clade of protostome animals that includes the phyla Tardigrada and Euarthropoda, supported by various morphological observations.

Classification

Phylum Tardigrada

Class Eutardigrada

Class Heterotardigrada

Class Mesotardigrada

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Pycnogonida (?)

Clade Arachnomorpha

Class †Trilobita

Order †Aglaspida

Order †Strabopida

Class Pycnogonida (?)

Order †Cheloniellida

Subphylum Chelicerata

Class Xiphosura

Class †Eurypterida

Class †Chasmataspidida

Class Pycnogonida (?)

Class Arachnida

Clade Mandibulata

Order †Euthycarcinoidea

Subphylum Myriapoda

Class Chilopoda

Class Symphyla

Class Diplopoda

Class Pauropoda

Clade Pancrustacea

Clade Oligostraca

Class Ostracoda

Some of polyphyletic class Maxillopoda

Clade Altocrustacea

Clade Multicrustacea

The rest of polyphyletic class Maxillopoda

Class Malacostraca

Clade Allotriocarida

Class Branchiopoda

Clade Miracrustacea

Superclass Xenocarida

Class Cephalocarida

Class Remipedia

Subphylum Hexapoda

Paraphyletic class Entognatha

Clade Ectognatha

Class Insecta

References

Tactopoda Wikipedia

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