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The following is a list of selected animals in order of increasing number of legs, from 0 legs to 653 pairs of legs, the maximum recorded in the animal kingdom. [1] Each entry provides the relevant taxa up to the rank of phylum. Each entry also provides the common name of the animal.
The majority of animal species are invertebrates; one estimate puts the figure at 97%. [1] Many invertebrate taxa have a greater number and diversity of species than the entire subphylum of Vertebrata. [2] Invertebrates vary widely in size, from 10 μm (0.0004 in) [3] myxozoans to the 9–10 m (30–33 ft) colossal squid. [4]
5.1 no class. 5.2 Class ... Arthropods are invertebrate animals with a chitinous exoskeleton, segmented bodies, and jointed legs.
The collected specimen had a body length of only about 0.4 inches, but its walking legs measured nearly 1.2 inches long. ... a “prolific marine invertebrate scientist,” according to the study ...
The word arthropod comes from the Greek ἄρθρον árthron ' joint ', and πούς pous (gen. ποδός podos) ' foot ' or ' leg ', which together mean "jointed leg", [26] with the word "arthropodes" initially used in anatomical descriptions by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier published in 1832. [1]
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Invertebrate paleontology - the study of fossil invertebrates These divisions are sometimes further divided into more specific specialties. For example, within arachnology, acarology is the study of mites and ticks ; within entomology, lepidoptery is the study of butterflies and moths , myrmecology is the study of ants and so on.
Draculoides bramstokeri is a small, troglobite, Australian arachnid.Often mistaken for a spider, D. bramstokeri is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers.