Ecdysozoa

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”) +‎ -zoa. === Proper noun === Ecdysozoa Animals that shed their exoskeleton (ecdysis) A taxonomic clade within the clade Protostomia. 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 ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ English: ecdysozoan → Greek: εκδυσόζωα (ekdysózoa) === 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