- "shedding" + ζῷον (zôion) "animal". The most
notable characteristic shared by
ecdysozoans is a three-layered
cuticle (four in Tardigrada)
composed of
organic material...
- Tardigrada, are
close relatives of the
arthropods and
share these traits. The
ecdysozoans also
include the
Nematoda or roundworms,
perhaps the
second largest animal...
-
Ecdysozoa in the Ediacaran, but no
definitive ecdysozoans have been found. If
Uncus is
indeed an
ecdysozoan, it
would be the
first Ediacaran example found...
- S2CID 85821717. McMenamin, M.A.S (2003), "Spriggina is a
trilobitoid ecdysozoan" (abstract),
Abstracts with Programs, 35 (6): 105,
archived from the original...
- has
since been
determined to
belong to a
protostome group called the
ecdysozoans.
Fossils of the
species were
first discovered in the
Kuanchuanpu Formation...
-
Scalidophora is a
group of
marine pseudocoelomate ecdysozoans that was
proposed on
morphological grounds to
unite three phyla: the Kinorhyncha, the Priapulida...
- Jean-Bernard (2015). "Hallucigenia's head and the
pharyngeal armature of
early ecdysozoans" (PDF). Nature. 523 (7558): 75–78. Bibcode:2015Natur.523...75S. doi:10...
-
digestive tract development is more varied.
Protostomia includes the
ecdysozoans and spiralians, as well as the
extinct Kimberella.
Deuterostomia and...
- Rota-Stabelli, Omar; Kayal, Ehsan; Gleeson, Dianne; et al. (2010). "
Ecdysozoan Mitogenomics:
Evidence for a
Common Origin of the
Legged Invertebrates...
- Jean-Bernard (2015). "Hallucigenia's head and the
pharyngeal armature of
early ecdysozoans". Nature. 523 (7558): 75–78. Bibcode:2015Natur.523...75S. doi:10.1038/nature14573...
