Arthropods Flashcards
Arthropod
invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages
Molting
an animal routinely casts off a part of its body, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle
Pheromones
a chemical substance produced and released into the environment
Thorax
the part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen
Abdomen
the part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs
Cephalothorax
the fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods
Exoskeleton
a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals
cheliped
one of the pair of legs that bears the large chelae in decapod crustaceans
Malpighean tubes
slender tubes normally found in the posterior regions of arthropod
Arachnid
a spider or scorpion
Metamorphosis
a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one
Crustaceans
crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.
Insects
hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
Antennae
either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods
swimmerets
another term for pleopod
