The process in which the anatomical structures of the epidermis are generated and organized. The epidermis is the 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. [ GOC:jid http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001003 ]
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- morphogenesis of an epithelium
- part of some epidermis development
- results in morphogenesis of some outer epithelium