Ecdysozoa
Metazoa Dendrogram
Classification Metazoa
Protostomia └─►
Platyzoa
◄═╤?═Scalidophora └─┬─Nematoida └─Panarthropoda
 Ecdysozoa Ecdysozoa Arthropoda

Ecdysozoa: Dendrogram

Abbreviated Dendrogram
Bilateria ├─Deuterostomia └─Protostomia ├─Spiralia │ └─Ecdysozoa = paraphyletic Scalidophora? ╞═Palaeoscolecida ╞═Priapozoa │ ├─Kinorhyncha │ └─┬─Priapulida │ └─Loricifera └─┬─Nematoida │ ├─Nematoda │ └─Nematomorpha └─Panarthropoda ├─Tardigrada └─┬─Onychophora └─┬─Dinocaridida └─Arthropoda
Contents

Overview
Ecdysozoa
Classification
Dendrogram
References

Traditional Ecdysozoan phylogeny. This phylogeny is almost certainly incorrect, in view of Scalidophora as most likely equivalent to stem Ecdysozoa (Dzik & Krumbiegel 1989,Budd 2001, Conway Morris & Peel 2010), and intermediate forms like Facivermis (Liu et al 2006) and Mureropodia (Vintaned Gamez et al 2011). bridging the worm-panarthropod divide, but has been left unrevised for now. MAK120423

Bilateria ├─Deuterostomia └─Protostomia ├─Spiralia │ └─Ecdysozoa ├─Scalidophora │ ├─Markuelia │ ╞═Palaeoscolecida │ └─┬─Kinorhyncha │ └─┬─Sirilorica │ └─┬─Loricifera │ └─Priapulida └─┬─Nematoida │ ├─Nematoda │ └─Nematomorpha └─Panarthropoda ├─Mureropodia └─┬─Aysheaia └─┬─Tardigrada └─┬─Xenusiidae ├─Orstenotubulus ├─┬─Antennacanthopodia │ └─Euonychophora │ ├─Helenodora │ └─┬─Peripatopsidae │ └─Peripatidae └─┬─Microdictyon ├─Archonychophora │ ├─Hallucigenia │ └─Luolishaniidae ├─Diania └─┬─Megadictyon └─┬─Kerygmachela └─┬─Pambdelurion └─┬─Opabinia └─┬─Anomalocarididae │ ├─Hurdia │ └─┬─Anomalocaris │ └─Laggania └─┬─Schinderhannes └─Arthropoda

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