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segmentation
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trait of body plan of arthropods
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metanephridia
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an excretory organ found in many invertebrates that typically consists of tubules connecting ciliated internal openings to external openings
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closed circulatory system
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circulatory system in which blood is confined to vessels and is kept separate from the interstitial fluid
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capillary bed
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a network of capillaries in a tissue or organ
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parapodia
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legs of velvet worm
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deposit-feeder
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deposit feeder repeat
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anticoagulant
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Something that stops blood from clotting
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cuticle
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exoskeleton of an arthropod consisting of layers of protein and chitin that are variously modified for different functions; a tough coat that covers the body of a nematode
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ecdysis
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an animal that sheds its exoskeleton
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exoskeleton
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a hard encasement on the surface of an animal, such as the shell of a mollusc or the cuticle of an arthropod that provides protection and points of attachment for muscles
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jointed appendage
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a trait of arthropod appendages
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hemolymph
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in invertebrates with an open circulatory system, the body fluid that bathes tissues
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book lungs
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an organ of gas exchange in spiders, consistingof stacked plates continaed in an internal chamber
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tracheal system
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in insects, a system of branched, air-filled tubes that extends throughout the body and carries oxygen directly to cells
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chelicerae
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one of a pair f clawlike feeding appendages characteristic of chelicerates
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cephalothorax
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one part of body plan of arthropods comprised of head and middle section
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abdomen
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last section of body plan of arthropods
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pedipalps
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feeding appendages of chelicerates
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mandibles
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pair of jaw like feeding appendages found in myriapods, hexapods, and crustaceans
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antennae
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appendages of arthropods that sense stimuli
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detritivore
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a consumer that derive its energy and nutrients from nonliving organic material such as corpses, fallen plant material, and the wastes of living organisms; a decomposer
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herbivore
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an animal that mainly eats plants or algae
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compound eye
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a type of multifaceted eye in insects and crustaceans consisting of up to several thousand ligh-detecing, focusing ommatidia
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malpighian tubules
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a unique excretory organ of insects that empties into the digestive tract, removes nitrogenous wastes from the hemolymph, and functions in osmoregulation
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pentaradial symmetry
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type of symmetry of adult echinodermates
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endoskeleton
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a hard skeleton buried within the soft tissues of an animal
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spines
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a trait of the endoskeleton of asteroidea
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water-vascular system
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network of hydraulic canals unique to echinoderms that branches into extensions called tube feet, which function in locomotion and feeding
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canals
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trait of water vascular system
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tube-feet`
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one of numerous extrensions of an echinoderm's water vascular system. Tube feet function in locomotion and feeding
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