Final exam Flashcards
Phylum Arthropoda General Characteristics
- Chitinous exoskeleton - molting (ecdysis)
- Metamorphosis
- Metamerism
- Tagmatization
- Jointed limbs
Metamorphosis
a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal’s body structure through cell growth and differentiation
Metamerism
Metamerism is the phenomenon of forming a linear series of body segments that are similar in structure.
Tagmatization
a segmented body with very specialized segments
Subphylum Chelicerata general characteristics
- Chelicerae
- two tagmata
- No antennae or mandibles
- Six pairs of limbs on prosoma
- Diverse and commonly encountered group
Chelicerae
the mouthparts of the Chelicerata
Mandible
pair of mouthparts used either for biting or cutting and holding food.
Prosoma
the anterior region of the body of an invertebrate
Class Arachnida ORDERS (Chelicerata)
- Aranae (spiders)
a) Mesothelae
b) Mygalomorpha
c) Araneomorpha - Scorpionida (scorpians)
- Opiliones (harvestman)
- Acari (Mites)
- Pseudoscorpiones
- Solifugae (solpugids)
- Thelyphonida (uropigids, whip scorpions)
- Amblypygi
Subphylum Myriapoda
- Class Chilopoda (centipedes)
2. Class Diplopoda (milipedes)
subphylum pan crustacea General characteristics
- Three tagmata, two pairs of antennae
- Heavily calcified exoskeleton
- Biramous appendages
- Generally aquatic (some are terrestrial)
Subphylum pan crustacea Classes
- Remipedia / Cephalocarida (called Xenocarida)
- Ostracoda (small and benthic. Has a bivalve carapace that acts as a chitinous body shield that covers all or parts of an animal)
- Branchipoda (small and aquatic. Phyllopodia that is used for swimming/respiration/feeding)
- Copepoda (Small pelagic. First antennae is long and the second is short)
- Cirripedia (Small sessile. Includes barnacles)
- Malacostraca (most large crustaceans: crabs lobsters shrimp)
a) Decapoda
b) Isopoda
Class Insecta (Hexapoda) general characteristics
- Three tagmata
- Four or two wings
- Six legs
- Uniramous appendages
- Metamorphosis
- Tracheal system
- Malpighian tubules
Hexapoda Orders
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Hymenoptera (ants, wasps, bees)
- Diptera (fleas)
- Lepdoptera (butterflies, moths)
- Siphonaptera (fleas)
- Isoptera (termites)
- Mantodea (mantises)
Phylum Echinodermata
- Asteriodea
- Ophiuroidea
- Echinoidea
- Holothuroidea
- Crinoidea