The epidermis is the entire outer epithelial layer of an animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species[GO].

this grouping class exists primarily to align with GO - see GO:0008544.

epidermis (sensu Metazoa), outer epidermal layer, outer epithelial layer, epidermis

uberon

hypodermis, hypoderm

UBERON:0007376

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

• integumental system

• surface structure

• epidermal cell