Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARTICULATA
Ar *tic `u *la "ta, n. pl. Etym: [Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare. See Article, v.] (Zoöl.)
1. One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.
Note: It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of ringlike segments (arthromeres ). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths ) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea ); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms.
2. One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.
3. A subdivision of the Crinoidea.
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