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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda Class Entognatha Order Collembola - Springtails - furcula on abdomen for jumping - eat mold - lack wings |
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Silverfish |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Zygoentomata - Non-winged insects Order Thysanura * most primitive of insects * lack wings |
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Mayflies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Ephemeroptera
* swarms of mating * freshwater * nymph with 3 anal segments * 2nd molt in juvenile stage (imago) |
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Dragonflies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Odonta
* aquatic, predatious nymph |
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Stoneflies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Pleocoptera
* short lived adults * aquatic nymphs molt 30-40 times |
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Damselflies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Odonta |
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Cockroaches |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Blattodea
* live under logs, stones, bark * tropics (warmth, humidity) |
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Termites |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Blattodea
* colonies * reproducers, workers, soldiers * eat cellulose * protozoans live in gut to help digest |
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Mantids |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Mantodea
* head highly movable |
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Leaf and stick insects |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Phasmida |
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Earwigs |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Dermaptera
* omnivores |
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Locusts, katydids, crickets, grasshoppers |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Orthoptera |
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Sucking and biting lice |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Phthiraptera
* wingless * eggs (nits) on hair of host |
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Thrips |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Thysanoptera
* mouth adapted for sucking plants, fungi |
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True bugs |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Hemiptera
* long beak for piercing and sucking food |
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Wasps |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Hymenoptera
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Ants |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Hymenoptera |
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Beetles |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Coleoptera
* largest single order of animals * Elytra (hardened shell-like cover) |
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Bees |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Hymenoptera
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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Megaloptera
* can live up to 5 years |
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Lacewing |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota Order Neuroptura
* wings roof-like |
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Fleas |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Siphonaptera
* jump * laterally flat |
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Two-winged flies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Diptera
* former hind wings are halteres which vibrate for sensory |
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True midges |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Diptera Family Chironomidae
* found in extreme hot and extreme cold * larvae with a labial plate * indicator of water quality |
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Scorpion flies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Mecoptera
* male genitalia resemble stinger of scorpion * moist, forest environments |
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Fleas |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Siphonaptera * wingless but use hind legs to jump * females need blood for egg production |
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Two-winged flies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota- Winged insects Order Diptera * only forewings * hind wings reduced to halteres * halteres act as sense organs for balance * no cocoon, only pupation |
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True midges |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Diptera - two Winged flies Family Chironomidae * all environments * larvae 12-segmented worm body * labial plate (teeth) important for identification * indicator of water quality |
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Caddis flies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Trichoptera * aquatic larvae with housing |
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Moths and butterflies |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexopoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota - Winged insects Order Lepidoptera * moth setose, nocturnal, fuzzy antennae * butterfly not very setose, not nocturnal, smooth antennae |
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Centipede |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Myriapoda Class Chilopoda * fangs with poison *one pair of legs per segment * nocturnal predators |
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House centipede |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Myriapoda Class Chilopoda * damp places * harmless |
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Millipedes |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Myriapoda Class Diplopoda * 2 pairs of legs per segment * produce foul-smelling odor * move slow |
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Sea spiders |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Pycnogonida * marine * legs 9-segmented * intertidal to deep sea |
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Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Merostomata Order Eurypteryda * extinct aquatic scorpions * no stinger |
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Horseshoe crab |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Merostomata Order Xiphosura * bottom of shallow marine water * trilobite larva |
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Tarantula |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Araneae - Spiders * only some dangerous * 20 years |
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Brown recluse/fiddleback spider |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Araneae - Spiders * venomous * fiddle shape mark |
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Widow spiders |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Araneae - spiders - females larger than males |
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Orb weaver spider |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Araneae - spiders * classic web |
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Wolf spiders |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Araneae * in leaf debris |
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Daddy long legs |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Opiliones * not spiders, no web * some with stink glands |
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Pseudoscorpions |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Pseudoscorpionida * lack whip-like tail and stinger * have toxin |
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Scorpions |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Scorpionida * oldest terrestrial arthropods * young carried on back |
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Scorpions |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Scorpionida * western N.A. * under rocks or wood |
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Sun spiders |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Solpugida * not spiders * large chelicerae * warm environments * active during daytime |
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Vinegaroons |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Uropygi * no stinger on long tail * nocturnal |
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Dog tick |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Ixodida
* vector of rocky mountain fever * central and east U.S. * dorsoventrally flattened when not full of blood |
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Cow tick |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Order Ixodida * sw U.S. * transmit sporozoan parasite |
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Mites |
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata Class Euchelicerata Subclass Arachnida Superorder Acariformes * terrestrial and aquatic * some ectoparasites * plant debri |
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Feather star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Criniodea * no stalk * 5-10 branched arms * pinnules * ambulacral groove |
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Fossil crinoid stem |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Crinoidea |
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Sea star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea |
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Sea star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea * predators of clams, snails, worms * subtidal zone of Eastern pacific |
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Sea star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea * pedicellariae on stalks * tube feet, aboral spines |
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Sea star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea * sandy Beach of Mexico gulf * tube feet lack suckers * swallow food whole, other echinoderms |
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Sea star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea * large * offshore bottoms |
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Variable sea star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Asteroidea * autotomize arm near Central disc * arm can regenerate new sea star |
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Brittle stars |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Ophiuroidea |
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Basket star |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Ophiuroidea * lack ambulacral groove |
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Pencil urchin |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea |
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Urchins |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea * common in Texas * rock crevices |
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Urchins |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea * 5 plates |
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West Indian sea egg |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea * grass bed of Caribbean |
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Keyhole sand dollar |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea- urchins
* clean, sandy substrates * 5 holes |
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Six-hole west Indian sand dollar |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea
* sandy coral reef * 6 holes |
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Sea biscuit |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Echinoidea - urchins * muddy sediment |
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Sea cucumber |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Holothuroidea |
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Sea cucumber |
Phylum Echinodermata Class Holothuroidea * seagrass bed of Texas coast * mouth 10 short tentacles * burrows in mud |
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Acorn worms |
Phylum Hemichordata Class Enteropneusta * sediment of ocean * 3 segments: probiscis, collar, trunk * deposited feeders |
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Lancelot |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Cephlochordata * burrow in shallow marine water * filter feeders |
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Light bulb tunicate |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata - tunicates Class Ascidacea - sea squirts * shady area of intertidal zones |
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Sea squirt |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata - tunicates Class Ascidacea - sea squirts * lives attached to ships |
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Sea squirt |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata - tunicates Class Ascidacea - sea squirts * lives attached to ships |
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Sea grape |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata- tunicates Class Ascidacea - sea squirts * lives attached * tolerate pollution |
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Sea squirts |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata - tunicates Class Ascidacea - sea squirts |
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Salps |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata - tunicates Class Thaliacea * bands of muscle push through water |
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Salps |
Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata - tunicates Class Thanliacea - salps * free-swimming colony |
