Phylum Arthropoda Flashcards
Root name
Jointed legs
Poda- feet
Arthro- jointed
Type of skeleton
Exoskeleton
What is the skeleton made of
Chitin
Ecdysis- sheds periodically
Circulatory system
Open circulatory system and has a central nervous system
Barnacles feed with?
Hind legs
Ecdysis ?
Sheds exoskeleton
Subphylum trilobitomorpha
Trilobites- went extinct
What classes are in subphylum Crustacea ?
Decapoda- 10 legs, 5 pairs
Brachiopoda- water fleas
Malacostraca- Rollie Pollies
Maxilopoda- barnacles
What animals are in decapods?
Lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish
Body segments?
Fused head and thorax
Abdomen
Legs?
4 pairs of walking legs and 1 pair of pinchers
Class malacostrae
Body segments
3, head, thorax, abdomen
Subphylum uniramia classes
Myriapoda- centipede, millipede
Hexapoda- insects
Centipede have __ para of legs per somite
One
Millipede have __ pairs of legs per somite
2