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ShareArthropods (phylum Arthropoda) are the largest phylum of animals and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others.
More than 80% of described living animal species are arthropods, with over a million modern species described and a fossil record reaching back to the early Cambrian.
For more information about the topic Arthropod, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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