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Arthropod II Flashcards

1
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What type of taxon is Crustacea?

A

Paraphyletic

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2
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What have Hexapoda evolved from?

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Crustacean ancestor

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3
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Pancrustacea

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Hexapoda and crustaceans together

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4
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When did hexapodes emerge?

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470 mya

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5
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Which two classes of Crustacea are more related to Hexapoda?

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Cephalocarida (horseshoe shrimp)
Remipedia (class of blind crustacean)
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6
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Six major classes of Crustacean

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Cephalocarida(horseshoe shrimp)
Remipedia

Maxillopoda (crabs, krill, wood lice, barnacles, copepods)
Branchiopoda (fairy shrimp, water fleas)

Ostracoda (seed shrimp)
Maxillopoda (tongue worms, fish lice)

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7
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What type of taxon are Maxillopoda (one of the major classes of Crustacea)

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Polyphyletic

Tongue worms
Fish lice

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8
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Cephalocarida

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Horseshoe shrimp

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9
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Remipedia

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Type of blind crustacean

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10
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Malacostraca and Maxillopoda

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Crabs
Krill
Woodlice
Barnacles
Copepods
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11
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Branchiopoda

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Fairy shrimp

Water fleas

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12
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Ostracoda

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Seed shrimp

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13
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Maxillopoda

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Tongue worms

Fish lice

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14
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How many pairs of antennae do crustaceans have?

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Two

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15
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What kind of metamorphosis do crustaceans have? XXX

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Metamorphosis’s with nauplius larvae

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16
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How many body segments do crustaceans have?

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At least two

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17
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Malacostraca

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Largest class of the six classes of crustaceans with approximately 40k species

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18
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Describe the Tagmosis of malastraca

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Standard head thorax abdomen with appendage son each

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19
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What is within the stomach of crustaceans?

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Gastric mill which is good for grinding food

20
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Crustaceans exhibit

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Lots of diversity in Tagmosis regions, segment numbers and segment fusion

21
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Uniramous appendages

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Single series of segments (articles) attached end to end which are unbranched

22
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Biramous appendages

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Branched Series of segments (articles)

23
Q

Ramus

A

Article branch

24
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What type of development do crustaceans use?

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Both direct and indirect

25
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Direct development

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Hatching with all segments and appendages

26
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Indirect development

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Involves a larval stage

Don’t hatch with all the segments and appendages

27
Q

What variation is there in crustacean development?

A

Larval type
Larval stages
Number of moults

28
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What is nauplius larva

A

First planktonic larval form of some crustaceans (and most marine forms)

29
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The diversification of Arthropoda is what to insects?

A

Independent

30
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How many pairs of legs do Hexapoda generally have?

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Two pairs on each segment (three segments)

31
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How many and what tagmata do Hexapoda have?

A

Abdomen
Thorax
Head

32
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What classes does Hexapoda include ?

A

Insecta

Entognatha

33
Q

Entognatha characterisation

A

Concealed mouthpart

Ametabolous development

34
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Insecta characterisation

A

Exposed mouthparts

35
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Ametabolous development

A

gradual increase in the size of young until adult dimensions are attained.

36
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Note to self to draw out the t’axons and learn by images

A

X

37
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Stages of hemimetabolous development

A

Egg nymph adult

38
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Stages of holometabolous development

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Egg larva pupa adult

39
Q

Insect diversity statistic

A

200 million insects for every human

40
Q

What type of leg appendage is for walking

A

Cursorial foreleg

41
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What type of leg appendage is for jumping

A

Saltatorial leg

42
Q

What type of leg appendage is for digging

A

Fossorial foreleg

43
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What type of leg appendage is on a diving beetle

A

Natatorial hind leg

44
Q

What type of leg appendage is for a mantis

A

Raptorial foreleg

45
Q

9 specialisations of insect wings

A 
Elytra (beetles)
Membranous (bees - lightweight)
Fringed (thrips) 
Tegmina (grasshopper)
Scaly (butterflies)
Stridulation (crickets)
Leaf like (leaf insects)
Halteres (flies)
Hemelytra (true bugs)
46
Q

Parasitoid

Example

A

Insect who’s larvae live as parasites that kill the host

Wasp and flies

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