Arthopoda final revision

Question 1

what are the four sub phyla of arthropods

Answer 1

meristomata - trilobita - horseshoe crab
chelicerae - spiders scorpions pycogonids
uniramia - insects - mostly terrestrial, some wingless ones are semi water adapted such as silverfish, springtails
crustacea - crabs

Question 2

what are some notes on meristomata

Answer 2

contains trilobites and sea scorpions
extinct
three lobed

Question 3

what are the classes of crustacea

Answer 3

malocostraca
copepoda
cirrepedia

Question 4

what are cirripedia

Answer 4

barnacles
fixed in place in adulthood
suspension feeders
some are parasitic

Question 5

what are copepoda

Answer 5

little plankton ass fuckers
reduced abdomen
feed on phytoplankton

Question 6

what are the breakdowns of malocostracans

Answer 6

broken into sub classes
8 6 arrangent
hoplocarida - mantis shrimp
eumalocostraca
pericarida - decapods
eucarida - iso and amphipods

Question 7

what are some important members of pericarida

Answer 7

decapoda
euphausia - krill

Question 8

what are the distinction between eucarida and pericarida

Answer 8

eucarida has a fused carapace and pericarida has ufused

Question 9

what are the limb arrangement of pericarida

Answer 9

1 pair maxillaepeds
2 gnathopods
7 legs