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69 Cards in this Set
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Biramous appendages
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appendages with two distinct branches
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What taxa have biramous appendages
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Subphylum Crustacea and its classes
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Book lung
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respiratory structure in which many thin walled air pockets extend into a blood filled chamber in the abdomen
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What taxa have book lungs
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Class Arachnida
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Book gill
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respiratory structure in which many thin blood filled gills are layered like the pages of a book, gas exchange occurs as seawater passes between each pair of gills
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What taxa have book gills
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Class Merostomata
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Cephalothorax
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a body division in which the head is fused with some or all of the thoracic segments
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What taxa have a cephalothroax
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Class Arachnida
Subphylum Crusacea |
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Chelicerae
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one of a pair of the most anterior head appendages
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What taxa has chelicerae
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Subphylum Chelicerata
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Compound eye
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detect motion and analyze polarized light they are composed of many tapering units called ommatidia set close together
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What taxa have compound eyes
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Subphylum Crustacea
Subphylum Hexapoda |
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Coxal glands
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modified nephridida that open at the coxa (base) of the first and third walking legs
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What taxa have coxal glands
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Class Arachnida
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Ecdysis
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shedding of outer cuticular layer (molting)
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What taxa go through ecdysis
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Phylum Anthropoda
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Epicuticle
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the outer part of the cuticle thin composed of serveral layers made of protein and lipids
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What taxa have epicuticle
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Phylum Anthropoda
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Exoskeleton
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supporting structure secreted by ectoderm and epidermis, external, not enevloped by living tissue
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What taxa have an exoskeleton
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Phylum Anthropoda
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Hemocel
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main body cavity, may subdivided into sinuses through which blood flows
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What taxa have a hemocel
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Phylum Anthropoda
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Hemocyanin
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a copper containing protein with an oxygen carrying function present in blood
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What taxa have hemocyanin
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Phlyum Anthropoda
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What taxa have jointed appendages
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Phylum Anthropoda
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Malpighain tubules
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blind tubules opening into the hindgut function as excretory organs
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What taxa have malpighain tubules
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Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Arachnida Subphylum Myriapoda |
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Metamerism
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a repeated body unit along the longitudinal axis of an animal
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Metamorphosis
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sharp change in form during postembryonic development
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What taxa have metamorphosis
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Phylum Anthropoda
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Oviparity
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reproduction in which eggs are released by the female development of offspring occurs outside the maternal body
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Ovipostior
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a structure at the posterior end of the abdomen for laying eggs
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What taxa have ovipostior
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Subphylum Hexapoda
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Pedipalps
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second pair of appendages
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What taxa have pedipalps
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Class Arachnida
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What tax has Poison Claws
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Class Chilopoda
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Proticule
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inner part of the cuticule divided into exocuticle which secreted after molting contain chitin bound with protein flexible lightweight protection
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saprophagus
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feeding of decaying matter
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what taxa saprophagus
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Subphylum Hexapoda
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sensilla
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a small sense organ
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what taxa have sensilla
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Subphylum Hexapoda
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silk glands
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where spiders make silk
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what taxa have silk glands
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Class Arachnida
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Spiracules
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external opening of a trachea; one of a pair of openings on the head for passage of water
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What taxa have spiracules
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Class Arachnida
Subphylum Hexapoda |
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stylosome
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a funnel or channel like structure
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tagmata
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compound body section resulting from embryonic fusion of two or more segments
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what taxa have a tagmata
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Phylum Anthropoda
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telson
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projection of the last body segment
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what taxa have telson
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Subphylum Crustacea
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trachea
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windpipe
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what taxa have a trachea
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Class Arachnida
Subphylum Hexapoda |
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Uropod
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posteriormost appendage
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what taxa have uropods
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Subphylum Crustacea
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what taxa have venom claws
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Class Chiplopoda
Class Arachnida |
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viviparity
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reproduction in which eggs develop within the female body supplies nutritional aid
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how many tagmata do Crustaceans have
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2
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what are the tagmatas of crustceans called
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cephalothorax and abdomen
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which tagmata controls sensory and feeding
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cephalothorax
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mandibles function
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chewing
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maxillae function
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feeding and respiration
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maxillpeds function
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handle the food
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swimmerets function
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locomotion and reproduction
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uropod function
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swimming
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telson function
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rapid backwards escape swimming
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walking legs function
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movement
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hemimetabolous
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refers to gradual meteamorphosis during development of insents without a pupal stage
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holometabolous
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complete metamorphosis development to larval to pupal to adult stages
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ametabolous
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occurs in wingless insects
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