onychophorans

onychophorans
n.; n. pl. [Gr. onyx, claw; phorein, to carry]
A phylum of terrestrial animals comprised of a single class or order of the same name, frequently referred to as Peripatus ; once considered to be the missing link between annelids and arthropods, but now considered to be the sister group of the arthropod complex of Crustacea, Tracheata, and Chelicerata.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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