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Uniramia
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thumb|left|As members of Myriapoda, centipedes like this [[Scolopendra polymorpha are part of subphylum Uniramia]] Uniramia (uni – one, ramus – branch, i.e. single-branches) is formerly recognised group within Arthropoda, now recognised as non-monophyletic, united by their strictly uniramous (single branched) appendages. thumb|left|Onychophora like this Peripatoides sp. are no longer counted as unirames.

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Uniramia
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subphylum

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thumb|left|As members of Myriapoda, centipedes like this [[Scolopendra polymorpha are part of subphylum Uniramia]] Uniramia (uni – one, ramus – branch, i.e. single-branches) is formerly recognised group within Arthropoda, now recognised as non-monophyletic, united by their strictly uniramous (single branched) appendages. thumb|left|Onychophora like this Peripatoides sp. are no longer counted as unirames.

Uniramia was one of three subphyla in the Arthropoda classification suggested by Sidnie Manton. This classification divided arthropods into a three-phyla polyphyletic group, with phylum Uniramia including the Hexapoda (insects), Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes) and the Onychophora (velvetworms). The discovery of fossil lobopods, determined to be intermediate between onychophorans and arthropods led to the splintering of the Lobopoda and Onychophora into separate groups.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uniramia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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