I think that this is perhaps the most accurate definition here of an onychophoran. They are in their own phylum, but they are believed to be the most closely related to both annelids (phylum Annelida) and arthropods (phylum Arthropoda).
The group "worms" encompasses a large group that do not share a common ancestor, although velvet worms are more closely related to insects than to "earthworms", they are fairly closely related to Nematodes (roundworms). But they are in their own phylum, Onychophora.
Jus to make your point clearer Onychophora are most closely related to Arthropoda (incects etc) then Annelidia(earth worms etc) and are more distantly related to Nematoda. infact humans are more closely relateded to Arthropoda and onychophora than either of them are to nematoda.
its long. thats what she said...
potion789456 4 months ago
onychophora is an arthropod... -.-
Jobroose 1 year ago
@Jobroose no it's not. It is it's own phylum.
3CamelsInAHummer 5 months ago
Spiderworm, spiderworm! Does whatever a spiderworm does!
RagingBanebou 2 years ago 2
Ahahaha, spiderman-worm^^
XSirApocalypseX 2 years ago
i thought there were like a kind of centipede.
Raptiosaur 2 years ago
part insect part worm!!! yaaay
bedupolkerpenguin 3 years ago
I think that this is perhaps the most accurate definition here of an onychophoran. They are in their own phylum, but they are believed to be the most closely related to both annelids (phylum Annelida) and arthropods (phylum Arthropoda).
6852660 3 years ago
biology fail -.-
vikenemesh 2 years ago
onycophorans are not worms. They are in a completely different phylum.
LittleMouth 3 years ago 7
The group "worms" encompasses a large group that do not share a common ancestor, although velvet worms are more closely related to insects than to "earthworms", they are fairly closely related to Nematodes (roundworms). But they are in their own phylum, Onychophora.
rafaels1 3 years ago 4
Jus to make your point clearer Onychophora are most closely related to Arthropoda (incects etc) then Annelidia(earth worms etc) and are more distantly related to Nematoda. infact humans are more closely relateded to Arthropoda and onychophora than either of them are to nematoda.
timmybiggerboy 2 years ago