arthropods Flashcards
phylum tardigrada
terrestrial, live in water film around mosses and lichens, unsegmented oval body, trunk has pairs of legs with 4-8 pairs of claws
superphylum ecdysozoa
grow by molting, locomotion not by cilia, common set of homeobox genes
phylum priapulida
body has introvert trunk, one or 2 caudal appendages, eat worms, sexes separate but no male found
phylum kinorhyncha
small, 11 segments, retractile head, flat body ventrally, dorsally arched, cant swim but live in marine mud
phylum onychophora
velvet worms, 70 species, fossils from mid-cambrian
phylum chaetognatha
marine and planktonic, unsegmented body with head trunk and postanal tail, feed on copopods
phylum arthropod characters
show metamerism with tagmatization, jointed exoskeleton, and ventral nervous system
metamerism
specialized segments with appendages
tagmatization
allows specialization of regions of body for special functions
subphylum trilobitomorpha
marine, lived from cambrian to permian, body divided into 3 lobes caused by grooves, have antennas
biramous appendages
consists of 2 lobes and serve as either walking, swimming, digging legs or gills
class dinocaridida
shrimplike superpredator with enhanced vision
subphylum chelicerata
body divided into a prosoma and opisthosoma, first pair of appendages pincerlike and used for feeding
subclass xiphosurida
unsegmented horseshoe shaped carapace with abdomen and telson, book gills
class meristomata
giant sea scorpion, early devonian, 2 meters long
class arachnida
2 tagmata, cephalothorax has chelicerae, pedipalps, 4 pairs of walking legs, predaceous, has venom glands, sucking pharynx
class pycnogonida
benthic, marine, carnivores, muscular pharynx, mouth at end of proboscis, digestion is intracellular, no excretory or respiratory organs, or coelom
subphylum myriapoda
class chilopoda, one pair of walking legs per body segment
class diplopoda
2 pairs of legs per body segment
subphylum crustacea
most aquatic, head with 2 pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles and 2 pair of maxillae, biramous appendages