Phylum Anthropoda Flashcards
Anthro means what
Jointed appendages (legs)
The body of the anthroposda is divided into
3
Head
Thorax
Abdomen
Class Anthropoda are found where
I’m in extreme conditions of high acidity, toxicity and salinity
Anthropoda shed of their their skin through a process called
Ecydycis
Another name for moulting is called what
Edcysis
Anthropoda respire with
Malphibian tubules
Anthropoda is the largest phylum followed by mollusca True or false?
True
Name the classes of Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Class Myrapoda
Class Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, crayfish
Class Arachnida
Class insecta is also called
Hexapoda
Class insecta is also called
Hexapoda
Class insecta possess how many appendages
3 appendages ie 6 legs
Class insecta are the most abundant animals, true or false
True
Holometabulus means what
Complete metamorphosis
Hemimetabulous means what
Incomplete metamorphosis
Class Myrapoda is classified into
Chilopoda and Diplopoda
Examples of Chilopoda
Centipede
Examples of Diplopoda
Millipede
What is the shape of the centipede
Flat
Class Crustacea are popularly
Sea foods
How many pairs of jointed appendages does class Arachnida possess
4 pairs
Class Arachnida has ____ pairs of mandible and ____ pairs of maxilae
Two pairs of mandible and a pair of maxilae
Examples of class Arachnida are
Ticks spiders and scorpions and termites
A general eg of Mollusca
Squids, snails, oysters, clams, slugs
The hypothetical Ancestral mollusc (HAM) division is
Foot
Visceral mass
Mantle
FAV
The successive stage of each moulting stage of Anthropoda is called
Instar
Anthropoda are the most successful Animal Group?
Yes
The fusion of groups of Segments into functional groups is called what
Tagmatization
Insecta respire using?
the trachea
