Lab 5 - Arthropoda Flashcards
Arthropods have what kind of coelom
Eucoeleom, greatly reduced
What does Arhtropoda mean
Jointed Foot
What are the parts of the arthropod leg (from medial to distal)
Coxa, Trochanter, Femur, Tibia, Metatarsus, Tarsus
How many legs per segment?
Two (one pair per segment)
Types of modifications in Arthropoda
Mouthparts, locomotion, reproduction, food capture, and sensory
Serial Homology
Sequential differences from the same original structure (e.g. 17 different appendages in Crayfish)
What is the exoskeleton made of?
Chitin (N-Acetyl glucosamine)
Tagmata
Fusion of metameres for a specific function
Types of tagmata
Head, Thorax, Abdomen, or Cephalothorax and Abdomen
Types of sensory structures
Chemoreceptors, Mechanoreceptors, Photoreceptors
Types of “eyes”
Simple eyes - ocelli, used for light and movement
Compound eyes - many ocellium, panoramic vision
Clades within Arthropoda (broad)
Mandibulata (has mandibles), pancrustatia (all head appendages used for feeding, tripartite brain)
Mandibulata is….
Crustacea, Hexapoda, Myriapoda
Pancrustatia is….
Crustacea, Hexapoda
Five main taxa of Arthropoda
Chelicerata, Hexapoda, Myriapoda, Crustacea, Trilobita (EXTINCT)
Hemocoel
cavity for open circulatory system
Ecdysis
molting
What clade of Prostotomes are they part of?
Ecdyszoa
Chelicerata Synapomorphy
Cheliciere, appendages next to mouth used for killing and capturing prey
Pedipalps
Set of appendages posterior to the mouth used for manipulating food toward mouth
Taxa within Chelcerata
Merostomata (horseshoe crabs), Arachnida (spiders, ticks, mites), Pyncnogonida (sea spiders)
Book gills
Gills within Merostomata, posterior ventral end of horseshoe crab, underneath plates, folds called lamellae, first plate has genital pores
Hemolymph
Blood within arachnida
Mandibulata Synapomorphy
Mandibles
Crustacea synapomorphy
2 pairs of antennae, 2 pairs of maxillae, biramous (branched) appendages
Maxillae
additional mouthparts used for navigation of food
Mandibles
“chewing” jaws
Taxa within Crustacea
Copeopoda , Malacostraca (crayfish, gills at base of legs and calcium exoskeleton), Branchiopoa (Daphnia)
Carapace
cavity within Daphnia that contains appendages that funnel food and prey into mouth
Myriapoda synapomorphy
Loss of compound eye
Taxa within Myriapoda
Diplapoda (milipedes, two pairs of legs per segment, bad smell), Chilopoda (one pair of legs per segment, predatory and venomous)
Hexapoda body plan
Head, thorax, abdomen, with tracheal system for gas exchange and respiration
Hemimetabolous
Not much change during metamorphosis, nymph juvenile stage
Holometabolous
Drastic changes through metamorphosis, larval and adult transition phase called “pupa”
Odonata
Dragonflies and damselflies, Hemimetabolis
Orthoptera
Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids, Hemimetabolous
Hemiptera
True bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, Hemimetabolous
Plecoptera
Stoneflies, Hemimetabolous
Coleoptera
Beetles, Holometabolous
Diptera
True flies, Holometabolous
Lepidoptera
Butterflies, moths, skippers, Holometabolous
Hymenoptera
Wasps, Bees, and Ants, Holometabolous
Merostomata anatomy
Cephalothorax and abdomen, telson to help flip over and anchor, compound eye and simple eye, book gills,
Carapace
structure in Merostomata that covers the cephalothorax, horseshoe shaped
Chelae
Pincers in merostomata, on every pair of appendages except last pair, used to move food to mouth and grasp food
Chelicerae
First set of appendages, manipulate food, do not have pincers
Gnathobases
Spiny structures at bases of legs, macerate food as it is moved towards the mouth in Merostomata
Chilaria
Pair of rudimentary appendages with no purpouse behind the last pair of legs in Merostomata
What makes up the cephalothorax in Arachnida (ticks)
Large part (idiosoma), capitulum (small part)
Captiulum contains…
pair of pedipalps surrounding toothed chelicerae
What joins the cephalothorax and abdomen in spiders
Pedicel, slender
Ocelli
eyespots on dorsal side of cephalothorax that measure light intensity
Fangs
inject poison into prey
Functions of the exoskeleton
Protection and structural support
Cuticle
noncellular layer that gives a sheen and is used for protection
Sclerites
Divison of exoskeleton into plates in Hexapoda
Labrum
upper “lip” covering hexapoda mouth parts
Mandibles
deep to the labrum and used to chew plants
Maxillae
Posterior to the mandibles, contain antennae-shaped “palps” used for chemical and tactile reception, manipulate food into mouth
Labium
posterior to the maxillae, lower “lip”
Tympanium
first segment of Hexapoda, used to detect sound
Hexapoda reproductive structures
Ovipositors on abdomen in females which are used to dig into sand to lay eggs, claspers in males to hold females
Ootheca
structure to hold eggs in cockroaches
Cockroach Genus
Blattodea