Anthropoda II Flashcards

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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

A

Crustacea

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2
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How many antennae do crustaceans?

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2

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3
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What mouthparts do crustaceans have?

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mandibles

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What do crustaceans have that covers the cephalothorax or the entire body?

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Carapace

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5
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What is the exoskeleton reinforced with?

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Calcium carbonate

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What kind of appendages do crustaceans have where there are 2 branches at the end of the segments?

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Biramous

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What kind of circulatory system do crustaceans have?

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Open circulatory systems

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What does the dorsal heart in crustaceans pump?

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Hemolymph (blood and intestinal fluid)

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9
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What is the balance organ found in the antennae of crustaceans?

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Statocyts

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10
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What are the compound eyes of crustaceans made of?

A

ommatidia

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11
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What crustacean class is the most diverse and has 4 orders?

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Malacostraca

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12
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What malacostraca order is the only crustaceans with fully terrestiral species
-dorsoventrally flattened
-no carapace
-species roll into a ball for protection

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Isopoda

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13
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What malacostraca order lack a carapace
-laterally compressed
-typically marine with beach dwelling, freshwater, and parasitic species

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Amphipoda

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14
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What malacostraca order has only 90 species
-planktonic organisms
-bioluminescent
- major part of fish and whale diets

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Euphausiacea

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15
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What malacostraca order have 5 pairs of walking legs
-sizes range from a few mm to 4 meters
-economically important as food source`

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Decapoda

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16
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What are true crabs called?

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Brachyura

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17
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What is the process of non-crab crustaceans independently evolving crab-like forms?

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carcinization

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18
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What arthropod subphylum is the most numerous group of arthropods
-6 walking legs all uniarmous
-3 tagmata

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Hexapoda

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19
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What are the 3 tagmata of hexapoda?

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head, thorax, abdomen

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20
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What hexapoda class have the bases of the mouthparts enclosed with the head capsule?

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Entognatha

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21
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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

A

Insecta

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22
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What is the study of insects called?

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entomology

23
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How many wings do insects have?

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What are the modified hind wings of true flies called?

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What do the head of insects contain?
1 pair of compound eyes 1 pair of antennae 3 ocelli
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What are the simple light-detecting organs found on insects head?
ocelli
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What do insects feed on?
Most on plants, some on dead animals, others hunt
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What are tube-like and are adapted for piercing tissue in insects?
sucking mouthparts
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What do butterflies and moths have that are used for feeding on nectar?
proboscis
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In insect mouths, what are adapted for seizing and crushing food?
chewing mouthparts or mandibles
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What kind of mouthparts do houseflies have with large pairs of lobes for consuming liquid food?
sponging
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What kind of circulatory system do insects have?
Open circulatory system
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How do insects breathe?
tracheal system
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In insects tracheal system, what are the external openings called?
spiracles
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In insects, how is waste secreted?
Malpighian tubules
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What kind of metamorphosis is incomplete and takes place gradually?
Hemimetabolous
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What kind of metamorphosis is complete and occurs in 3 distinct stages?
Holometabolous
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What Holometabolous stage is wormlike in shape and usually have chewing mouth parts?
Larva
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What Holometabolous stage is a transitional stage, nonfeeding stage and usually inactive and insect is enveloped in a case?
Pupa
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What Holometabolous stage is the winged stage and do not undergo further molting?
Adult
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What kind of insects have complex social structures regulated by chemical and tactile communication
Eusocial Insects
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How are eusocial insects differentiated?
Castes
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What castes in honeybees is a sexually mature female and only one per hive?
Queen
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What castes in honeybees are sexually mature males and a few hundred per hive?
Drones
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What castes in honeybees are sexually inactive females and make up most of the colony?
Workers
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What kind of behavior do ants have?
economic behavioral patterns
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What insect subclass are ancestrally wingless?
Apterygota
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What insect subclass are ancestrally winged?
Pterygota
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What is the largest order in insects (beetles)
Coleoptera
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How can insects be beneficial?
honey, silk, source of food, pollination, environment quality indicator, forsenic stuff
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What mosquito causes malaria?
Anopheles mosquitos
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What mosquito cause dengue?
Aedes aegypti
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