Tactopoda

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Tactopods are members of a proposed clade of ecdysozoans called Tactopoda. Various studies support the tactopods. This group is the opposite of the now unused proposed group Antennopoda which grouped arthropoda with velvet worms instead of tarnigrades.

Tactopoda
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The tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini
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The blue crab Callinectes sapidus, an arthropod
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
(unranked): Panarthropoda
(unranked): Tactopoda
Budd, 2001 
Phyla