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'''Hexapods''', from the Latin meaning "six feet," are [[arthropod|arthropods]] with six legs.  The subphylum is split into two classes, the large class containing [[insect|insects]], and much more primitive hexapods in the class [[Entognatha]].  This second class was created only recently.
'''Hexapods''', from the Latin meaning "six feet," are [[arthropod|arthropods]] with six legs.  The subphylum is split into two classes, the large class containing [[insect|insects]], and much more primitive hexapods in the class [[Entognatha]].  This second class was created only recently.
==Bibliography==
[http://www.itis.gov/ Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed June 4 2008.

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Hexapods
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods)
Subphylum: Hexapoda (hexapods)
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Hexapods, from the Latin meaning "six feet," are arthropods with six legs. The subphylum is split into two classes, the large class containing insects, and much more primitive hexapods in the class Entognatha. This second class was created only recently.