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See the papers listed in the References section. This tree does not include most of the diverse extinct lineages of the early Paleozoic.

Containing group: Bilateria

Other Names for Arthropoda

• arthropods

References

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Information on the Internet

• Deep Arthropod Phylogeny Project
• Introduction to the Arthropoda. UCMP Berkeley.
• The Arthropod Story. From the Understanding Evolution web site.
• BugGuide.Net. An online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
• Insect and Spider Collections of the World.
• International Society of Myriapodology and Onychophorology.
• Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Bibliography.
• Project ALAS: Arthropods of La Selva.
• Biological Survey of Canada: Terrestrial Arthropods.
• A Pictographic Key to Leaf Litter Arthropods from the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP).
• Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute.
• Arthropod Trackways. University of Bristol Earth Sciences Department.
• Arthropods in Baltic Amber. Jens-Wilhelm Janzen.
• C.O.R.E.: Research on the 'Orsten' and 'Orsten'-Type Fossils.
• Images: Insects and Their Relatives. Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.