ARTICULATA

(Lat.), n.n. pl. ’y’ta’, Fr., articulés. 1. In Cuvier’s and von Baer’s cla ifications, a general term for the Crustacea, Arachnid a, Annelid a, aud Insect a (including the Myriapod a). 2. Of Blainville, see ENTOMOZOARIA. 3. Of Owen, see HoMOGANGLIATA. 4. Of Grant, see DIPLON EUR A. 5, Of Wagner, the Cirrhopodes, Annelid a, Arachnid a, and Insect a. 6. Of Van'Beneden, the Epicotyledones, 7. Of Ehrenberg, the Insecia, A rach no idea, Crustacea (including the Cirrhopodes and Epizoa), and Annelid a. 8. A phylum made by Haeckel in 1866, but now abandoned, which included the Arthropod a (in the present meaning), Infusoria, intestinal worms, and Annelid a. 9. An order of the Crinoidea including the families Pentacrinidæ and Comatulide. 10. A group of the Brachiopod a made by Deshayes to include those having the shells united by teeth. See CLISTENTERATA. [L, 121, 208, 227.] The term was formerly used in nearly the same sense as Arthropod a (q. v.).