Ecdysozoa

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Proper noun

Ecdysozoa

1. Animals that shed their exoskeleton (ecdysis)
   1. A taxonomic clade within the clade Protostomia.
   2. A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Protostomia.

Hypernyms

• (clade): Animalia – kingdom; Eumetazoa – subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia – clades
• (superphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom

Hyponyms

• (clade): Cycloneuralia – clades
  • Arthropoda, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Priapulida, Tardigrada – extant phyla from these clades
• (superphylum): Arthropoda, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Onychophora, Priapulida, Tardigrada – phyla

Coordinate terms

• (superphylum): Spiralia, also unnamed superphylum containing Chaetognatha, Orthonectida, and Rhombozoa – phyla

See also

• Cephalorhyncha

References

• Ecdysozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ecdysozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ecdysozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ecdysozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project