-
excretory systems of
arthropods vary,
depending as much on
their environment as on the
subphylum to
which they belong.
Arthropods use
combinations of compound...
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fossil arthropods described in 2018 is a list of new taxa of trilobites,
fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and
other fossil arthropods of every...
- The
arthropod leg is a form of
jointed appendage of
arthropods,
usually used for walking. Many of the
terms used for
arthropod leg
segments (called podomeres)...
- A
spiracle or
stigma is the
opening in the
exoskeletons of
insects and some
spiders to
allow air to
enter the trachea. In the
respiratory system of insects...
- the
advanced eye
condition found in
insects and
other derived arthropods. Most
arthropods have at
least one of two
types of eye:
lateral compound eyes...
-
comprises most
species of
arthropods and
includes the
insects as well as
three much
smaller groups of
wingless arthropods: Collembola, Protura, and Diplura...
- The
mouthparts of
arthropods have
evolved into a
number of forms, each
adapted to a
different style or mode of feeding. Most
mouthparts represent modified...
- chelicerates, and
there may be
about 500,000 unidentified species. Like all
arthropods,
chelicerates have
segmented bodies with
jointed limbs, all
covered in...
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include other living arthropods such as chelicerates,
myriapods and the
other crustaceans; and
fossil forms, such as the many
arthropods known from exceptionally...
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Arthropods are
covered with a tough,
resilient integument or
exoskeleton of chitin.
Generally the
exoskeleton will have
thickened areas in
which the chitin...
