23 Flashcards
what animals are in phylum anthropoda
jointed legged animals
what is the largest phylum
anthropoda
anthropoda habitat
marine freshwater and terrestrial
what is the most economically important phylum
anthropoda
anthropoda diet
herbivores, predators, detrivores, parasites
subphyla of anthropoda
pancrustacea
myriapoda
chelicerata
trilobita
are crustaceans hexapods and myriapods all seperate phylum
-hexapo0ds and myriapods were previously sister phylums
-molecular data suggests crustacea and hexapods part of pancrustacea
-myriapoda sister to pancrustacea
myriapoda and pancrustacea part of what clade
mandibulata
what is sister clade of mandibulata
chelicerata
what do all mandibulata have
mandibles
anthropoda body and limbs
jointed limbs and jointed exoskeleton
-lack of motile body cilia
what are exoskeleton functions
-protection and structural support
-muscle attachment points
why are anthropoda so diverse
tagmatization
how many antenae do arthropods genereally have
1
what tagmata do all anthropoda have
head 2-5 segments
myriapoda tagmata
a head and a homonomous trunk
pancrustacean tagmata
head thorax and abdomen
what are head and thorax combined as
cephalothorax
most chelicerates tagmata
cephalothorax and abdomen
what is the exoskeleton composed of
dorsal tergite, ventral sternite, and lateral pleurites
what must happen for the animal to grow
exoskeleton must be moulted
3 layers of cuticle
epicuticle
exoculticle
endoculticle
epicuticle
protine only and thin, moulted
exocuticle
chitin and protein and minerals, moulted and schlerilized
endocuticle
chitin, proteins and minerals, resorbed before moulting
what hormone controls moulting
ecdysone
what parts of anthropoda are shed
gills, lining of foregut, hindgut and tracheae
stages between moults called
instars