Anthropoda II Flashcards
What arthropod subphylum is the second largest subphylum in arthropods
- dominant are aquatic arthropods
- closest related subphylum to insects and other hexapods
- together form the clade pancrustacea
Crustacea
How many antennae do crustaceans?
2
What mouthparts do crustaceans have?
mandibles
What do crustaceans have that covers the cephalothorax or the entire body?
Carapace
What is the exoskeleton reinforced with?
Calcium carbonate
What kind of appendages do crustaceans have where there are 2 branches at the end of the segments?
Biramous
What kind of circulatory system do crustaceans have?
Open circulatory systems
What does the dorsal heart in crustaceans pump?
Hemolymph (blood and intestinal fluid)
What is the balance organ found in the antennae of crustaceans?
Statocyts
What are the compound eyes of crustaceans made of?
ommatidia
What crustacean class is the most diverse and has 4 orders?
Malacostraca
What malacostraca order is the only crustaceans with fully terrestiral species
-dorsoventrally flattened
-no carapace
-species roll into a ball for protection
Isopoda
What malacostraca order lack a carapace
-laterally compressed
-typically marine with beach dwelling, freshwater, and parasitic species
Amphipoda
What malacostraca order has only 90 species
-planktonic organisms
-bioluminescent
- major part of fish and whale diets
Euphausiacea
What malacostraca order have 5 pairs of walking legs
-sizes range from a few mm to 4 meters
-economically important as food source`
Decapoda
What are true crabs called?
Brachyura
What is the process of non-crab crustaceans independently evolving crab-like forms?
carcinization
What arthropod subphylum is the most numerous group of arthropods
-6 walking legs all uniarmous
-3 tagmata
Hexapoda
What are the 3 tagmata of hexapoda?
head, thorax, abdomen
What hexapoda class have the bases of the mouthparts enclosed with the head capsule?
Entognatha
What hexapoda class is the larges group of animals
-found in almost every habitat that supports life
-few are marine, some are intertidal
-only invertebrates capable of flight
Insecta
What is the study of insects called?
entomology
How many wings do insects have?
2 pairs
What are the modified hind wings of true flies called?
Halteres