- "shedding" + ζῷον (zôion) "animal". The most
notable characteristic shared by
ecdysozoans is a three-layered
cuticle (four in Tardigrada)
composed of
organic material...
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Saccorhytida is an
extinct phylum of
Cambrian ecdysozoan. It
contains two
monotypic genera: its
namesake Saccorhytus, and Beretella. Both
genera are found...
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Beretella is a
genus of
extinct ecdysozoan in the
phylum Saccorhytida. It is the
second genus of its
phylum to be described,
after the
early Cambrian Saccorhytus...
- has
since been
determined to
belong to a
protostome group called the
ecdysozoans.
Fossils of the
species were
first discovered in the
Kuanchuanpu Formation...
- Tardigrada, are
close relatives of the
arthropods and
share these traits. The
ecdysozoans also
include the
Nematoda or roundworms,
perhaps the
second largest animal...
- 1137284. PMID 17540895. S2CID 27418253. John Ewer (2005-10-11). "How the
Ecdysozoan Changed Its Coat". PLOS Biology. 3 (10): e349. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio...
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Timetrees Reveal a
Cambrian Colonization of Land and a New
Scenario for
Ecdysozoan Evolution"
Current Biology,
Volume 23,
Issue 5 (31 January, 2013) | https://doi...
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Cycloneuralia is a
clade of
ecdysozoan animals including the
Scalidophora (Kinorhynchans, Loriciferans, Priapulids) and the
Nematoida (nematodes, Nematomorphs)...
-
annelids and arthropods, two
distinct animal phyla (Lophotrochozoan and
Ecdysozoan, respectively)
which were
still thought to be
close relatives (united...
- its body. However, in 2022,
Saccorhytus is
considered to be an
early ecdysozoan, and was
described as
having "lacked setae". In mycology, "setae" refer...
