Arachnomorpha

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Arachnomorpha
Temporal range: Cambrian - Recent
Bellacartwrightia calliteles lateraloblique CRF.jpg
Fossil of Bellacartwrightia calliteles , a trilobite
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Lychas variatus , a scorpion chelicerate
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Arachnomorpha
Lameere, 1890
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Arachnata Paulus, 1979
  • Palaeopoda Packard, 1903

Arachnomorpha is a proposed subdivision or clade of Arthropoda, comprising the group formed by the trilobites and their close relatives (Artiopoda), Megacheira (which may be paraphyletic) and chelicerates. Under this proposed classification scheme, Arachnomorpha is considered the sister group to Mandibulata (including insects, crustaceans and myriapods). [1]

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The arachnomorph concept has been challenged by suggestions that the artiopods are more closely related to mandibulates, forming the clade Antennulata instead. [2] [1]

There is no consensus as to assigning Arachnomorpha a formal Linnean rank.

Classification

ArachnomorphaLameere, 1890 [= Arachnata Paulus, 1979, = Palaeopoda Packard, 1903]

Phylogeny

Using fossil data, Bergström & Hou (2003) gave an outline of arthropod relationships emphasizing trilobitomorphs (a group that includes trilobites and trilobite-like animals). [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Aria, Cédric (2022-04-26). "The origin and early evolution of arthropods". Biological Reviews. 97 (5): 1786–1809. doi:10.1111/brv.12864. ISSN   1464-7931. PMID   35475316. S2CID   243269510.
  2. Gerhard Scholtz & Gregory Edgecombe (2005). "Heads, Hox and the phylogenetic position of trilobites". Crustacea and Arthropod Relationships. CRC Press. pp. 139–165. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.130.2585 .
  3. Bergström, J. & Hou, X. G. (2003). "Arthropod origins" (PDF). Bulletin of Geosciences. 78 (4): 323–334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-03.