Noun
A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd the name is appropriate because they are in the same Phylum (Arthropoda) as all insects! Source: Internet
This perspective was expressed paradigmatically in the statement by the French zoologist A. Vandel: :Onychophorans can be considered highly evolved annelids, adapted to terrestrial life, which announced prophetically the Arthropoda. Source: Internet
Within the phylum Arthropoda, most of our specimens belonged to class Insecta. Source: Internet
Morphological and ecological disparity in naraoiids (Arthropoda) from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna, China. Source: Internet