Arthropoda
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Arthropoda
1865–70; < New Latin; see arthro-, -poda ( def. )
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Insects share many characteristics with crustaceans, which are coveted and esteemed; both are members of the phylum Arthropoda.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
See the journal Arthropoda Selecta for more details.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2016
Fungi have evolved mutualisms with numerous insects in Phylum Arthropoda: jointed, legged invertebrates.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Arthropoda is the largest phylum in the animal world in terms of numbers of species, and insects form the single largest group within this phylum.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Professor Huxley mentions that "Gerstsæcker in the new edition of Broun's 'Thier-Reich' gives 200,000 as the total number of species of Arthropoda."
From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Henry Calderwood
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