26 -chelicerata Flashcards
Hexapoda
springtails, insects
mostly marine
subphylum Chelicerata
part of anthropoda
Chelicerata habitat
mostly terrestrial some freshwater
and marine arthropods
what do Chelicerata lack
antennae and do not have
mandibles
what do Chelicerata have instead of antennae and mandibles
chelicerae or chelifores
tagmatization most Chelicerata
cephalothorax & abdomen
Pycnogonida
sea spiders
sister to the clade euchelicerata(other chelicerates)
Xiphosura
in the clade Euchelicerata
relationships among chelicerates are
poorly resolved
Class Pycnogonida habiitat
entirely marine
how is Pycnogonida tagmatization unique
have cephalon with ovigers
a trunk w 3-6 pairs of legs
abdomen reduced to tiny stub
eyes Pycnogonida
four simple eyes
ovigers Pycnogonida
additional appendages on walking legs
cephalon
head stem, has proboscis
Pycnogonida where are gonads and gut branches
inside the legs
what is the opening of the mouth at the end of
the proboscis
trilobed(triangle thing) with sclerotized cuticular
ridges
what are the chelate appendages next to proboscis Pycnogonida
chelifores
chelifores homologous to
chelicerae
pycnogonids sexes
separate
pycnogonids fertilization
external
what happens after fertilization Pycnogonida
male gathers the fertilized eggs, holds onto them using his ovigers until larvae hatch
Pycnogonida
what type of parental care
male
larva Pycnogonida
protonymphon
has 3 pairs of appendages
how do protonymphon grow
anamorphic development
legs are added b/w moults
Euchelicerata mouthparts
chelicerae
ancestral chelicerae
3-segmented pincers
what are chelicerae reduced to in some taxa
2 segments
how do chelicerae and mandibles start out as evolutionarily
legs
Mandibulata chelicerae and mandibles evolution
only the leg base (coxa) was retained
Chelicerata chelicerae and mandibles evolution
tip of leg were retained
last articles become the movable digit
Euchelicerata tagmatization
cephalothorax
abdomen- variable in segments
cephalothorax contains
-4 pairs of legs
-chelicerae,
-pedipalps
Subclass Merostomata includes
2 grps marine chelicerates
Eurypterida
Xiphosura
Xiphosura
horseshoe crabs
Eurypterida
sea scorpions extinct