Topi 24: Anthropods Flashcards
Body plan of an anthropod:
- segmented body
- jointed ppendages
- hard exoskeleton
Two ways atrhopod evolution is characterized by?
- decrese in the # of body segmets
- increase in appendage specialization
All anthropod embryos are ___
Segmented
Tagmata
Functional units
What does the arrangement of body segments and libs do for function
It provides specialized function
Distinct roles of jointed paired appendages
- head appendages : feeding, sensory
- thoracic appendage: locomotion
- abdominal appendages: swimming, reproduction, etc.
6 characteristics of anthropods
- jointed pair appendages
- segmented body
- hard cuticle made of chitin
- cephalization
- reduced coloem
- open circulatory system
What is the primary cavity in an anthropod?
- hemocoel
Why odo anthropods have a reduced coelom
Due to strong segmented limbs
an extinct group of antrhopods
trilobita
three distinct tagmata segments in trilobites
cephlon, thorax, and pygidium
subphylum names after claw like feeding appendages:
a)chelicerates
b) myriapods
a) cheliceratesz
two tagmata in chelicerates
anterior cephalthorax (6 appendages)
and posterior abdomen
characteristics of arachnids- symple eyespots
- most are fluid feeding predators
arachids
characteristics of spiders
- fluid feeding predators
- simple eyespots
- spinnerets
abdominal gland that produces silk
spinnerets
- pedipalps modified into grasping pincers
- segmented abdomen
scorpions (chelicerata)
- no separation between the cephalothorac and abdomen
- 2-3 segemented chelicerae
-mites (chelicerata)
basal group of anthropoda
chelicerates