Kingdom Animalia/Phylum Arthropoda Flashcards
Phylum Arthropoda Characteristics
complete digestive system, open circulatory, eucolemates, most dioecious, respiration by gills or through spiracle, and trachea
Subphylum Chelicertea
Horeshoe crabs, spiders, ticks, scorpion
Class Merostomata- horseshoe crabs
open circulation, complete digestion, gills for respiration,
Class Arachnida
spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, daddy longlegs
Subphlum Myriapoda-centipedes
carnivorous, active predators 1st trunk appendage with fang
Class Diplopoda-milipedes
Herbivorous, some species curl when distubred
Subphylum Hexapoda-insects
Class insecta- all insects(7 orders)
Class insecta characteristics
hexapodas have three pairs of jointed legs, which is what distinguishes them from other arthropods
Class insecta body parts
3: head, thorax, and abdomen
Class insecta wings
most hexapoda have two pairs of wings
Respiration for hexapoda
use a system of trachea tubes which open to the outside via spiracle to deliver oxygen to the cells and get rid of of C02
Order Lepidoptera
butterflies, moths
Order Diptera
true flies one pair of wings
Order Odonata
large eyes, large membranous wings (dragonflies)
Order Hemiptera
ambush bugs, wheel bugs, cicadas = hemi half