ANNELID AND ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY

Annelid and Arthropod Taxonomy

Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order
Annelida
(segmented round worms)
  Polychaeta
(polychaetes - marine worms)
   
Oligochaeta
(earthworms and segmented roundworms)
   
Hirudinea
(leeches)
   
Arthropoda
(arthropods)
Trilobita
(trilobites)
     
Chelicerata
(chelicerates)
Merostomata
(horseshoe crabs)
   
Arachnida
(modern terrestrial chelicerates)
  Scorpiones
Araneae
Acari
Crustacea
(crustaceans - aquatic arthropods with mandibles and mostly biramous appendages)
Branchipoda
(branchiopods)
  Anostraca
  Cladocera
Maxillopoda
(maxillopods)
Copepoda  
Cirripedia  
Malacostraca
(malocostracans)
  Decopoda
  Amphipoda
  Isopoda
Uniramia
(arthropods with uniramous appendages and mandibles)
Diplopoda
(millipedes)
   
Chilopoda
(centepeds)
   
Insecta
(insects)
  Collembola
Odonata
Blattodea
Isoptera
Orthoptera
Hemiptera
Homoptera
Anoplura
Coleoptera
Hymenoptera
Siphonaptera
Diptera
Lepidoptera

Click here to see line drawings of representatives of the Phylum Arthropoda

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