Arthropoda Flashcards
habitat
land,freshwater,salt water
body type
(increase muscle speed and strength), protection, segmented body, striated muscle, flight, excretory cyst, Malpighian tubules. Low pressure circulatory system.
respiratory system
contain trachea, book gill, lung. Spiaclos→ goes in branching network of smaller and smaller tube (looks like a tree)
o Branching tubes, gas exchange takes place (moist, fill with fluids) There are no pumping mechanisms
o Trachae: book lungs, book gills, no pumping mechanism, all done by diffusion
Reproduction
internal fertilization, larvae or direct development, larva primary in insect or crustaceans, direct development in spiders, myriapods, contribute to success is size, multiple appendages