ONYCHOPHORA, TARDIGRADA & Arthropod origins ( Onychophora study images;
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- arthropod-like: cuticle must be molted; reduced coelom; spacious hemocoel with a muscular heart; gut lined with cuticle; trachea/spiracle system for respiration; large brain
- arthropod-like: cuticle must be molted; no circular muscle layer, discrete muscles attach to cuticle; reduced coelom; spacious hemocoel (but no heart, likely due to small size); fore- and hind-gut lined with cuticle; form of sensory setae
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