- "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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phylogenetics studies have
attempted to
define how
tardigrades relate to
other ecdysozoan groups;
alternative placements have been
proposed within the Panarthropoda...
- S2CID 85821717. McMenamin, M.A.S (2003), "Spriggina is a
trilobitoid ecdysozoan" (abstract),
Abstracts with Programs, 35 (6): 105,
archived from the original...
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their shared trait of ecdysis,
growth by moulting,
Among the
largest ecdysozoan phyla are the
arthropods and the nematodes. The rest of the protostomes...
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distinct group of stem-
ecdysozoans and also
suggesting Eolarva may be
intermediate between saccorhytids and crown-group
ecdysozoans.
Saccorhytus was only...
- Shuhai; Donoghue,
Philip C. J. (17
August 2022). "Saccorhytus is an
early ecdysozoan and not the
earliest deuterostome". Nature. 609 (7927): 541–546. Bibcode:2022Natur...
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nematodes and crustaceans,
amongst others). This
makes it the
oldest ecdysozoan known so far, as well as one of the
oldest known bilaterians. It is currently...
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Tactopoda or
Arthropodoidea is a
proposed clade of
ecdysozoan animals that
includes the
phyla Tardigrada and Euarthropoda,
supported by
various morphological...
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Cycloneuralia is a
proposed clade of
ecdysozoan animals including the
Scalidophora (Kinorhynchans, Loriciferans, Priapulids), the
Nematoida (nematodes...
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Timetrees Reveal a
Cambrian Colonization of Land and a New
Scenario for
Ecdysozoan Evolution".
Current Biology. 23 (5): 392–398. Bibcode:2013CBio...23..392R...
