phylum arthropods (superphylum ecdysozoa)
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arthropoda
jointed legs
dominant
phylum in animal kingdom
percentage of all animal species
85
molting is followed by
ecdysis
segmentation
structural and functional
exoskeleton
chitinous
jointed appendages
sensing environment, capturing manipulating food, moving
eucoelomate
protostomic organisms
5 subphyla
trilobita
hexapoda
myriapoda
crustacea
chelicerata
tagmata
adjacent groups of segments; functional body regions
antennae
sense environment
mandibles and maxillae
manipulating food
tagma
head, thorax and abdomen or cephalothorax and abdomen or head and trunk
hemocoel
central or blood cavity containing hemocoel fluids; moved by tubular dorsal blood vessel called hearts
hearts
tubular dorsal blood vessel that moves hemocoel fluids
crustacean excretion
green glands
insect excretion
malpighian tubules
distributed NS but
larger ganglia in segments with sensory structures
insects and myriapods
possess tracheae for respiration; exchange directly between air and cells
major tracheae
open to surface of cuticle through spiracles
terrestrial chelicerates
book lungs
aquatic chelicerates
book gills
open
circulatory system
sigle chambered
heart
epicuticle
thin, waxy with no chitin in outer layer
procuticle
composed of exocuticle and lower endocuticle supported by basement membrane
some such as crustaceans
add calcium salts to exoskeleton
ecdysis
exoskeleton shed