arthropoda Flashcards
(41 cards)
metamerism
segmentation unique to arthropods
ecdysis
process of removing exoskeleton
subphylum trilobitomorpha/trilobites
An extinct group of arthropods
Went extinct during Permian-Triassic Extinction
Subphylum Chelicerata
merostomata and arachnida
merostomata
horseshoe crabs
arachnida
spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites
chelicerae
pincer or fangs for feeding
pedipalps
appendages near the mouth, second paired appendage
Enlarged “boxing gloves” in males
book gills
used for swimming and respiration, found in merostomata
book lungs
found in arachnida, adapted book gills for land
Malphighian tubules
excretory system working in tandem with rectal gland
periopods/pereiopods
five pairs of walking legs
chelipeds
modified anterior legs
subphylum crustacea
brachiopoda, copepoda, cirripedia, malacostraca
pleopods/swimmerets
leg-like appendages used for swimming, biramous
branciopoda
sea monkeys
copepoda
plankton
cirripedia
barnacles
malacostraca
Shrimps, crabs, lobsters, crayfish
serial homology
repeating legs on each segment, component of myriapods
subphylum myriapoda
chilopoda and diplopoda
chilopoda
centipedes
diplopoda
millipedes
subphylum hexapoda
insects