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Big things about Phylum arthropoda?

-Largest phylum
-Only invertebrate phylum that has invaded terrestrial environment
-Insects: only flying invertebrates
-2/3 of all arthropods are insects
tagmatization (See tagmatum)
fusion of segments into one discrete structure
What is the tagmatum of a lobster called?
carapace
arthropods have a reduced coelom in adult: body cavity consists mostly of _____ (______) filled with blood
hemocoel (spaces in tissue)
Arthropods have a _________ which contains protein, lipid, chitin, and often calcium carbonate secreted by underlying epidermins and shed (molted) at intervals; although chitin occurs in a few groups other than arthropods, its use it better developed in arthropods
cuticular exoskeleton
Arthropods have a _______ digestive system. their mouthparts are modified from ancestral appendages and adapted for different methods of feeding; gut tube shows great specialization by having chitinous teeth, compartments, and gastric ossicles
complete
Arthropods have a _________ MUSCULAR system, with ________ for attachment, _______________ for rapid actions, and _________ for visceral organs. Have no _____
complex, exoskeleton, striated muscles, smooth muscles, cilia
Well-developed ______ organs; behavioral patterns much more complex than those of most invertebrates
sensory
In arthropods, the sexes are usually ______, with paired reproductive organs and ducts
separate
oviparous
young are laid in eggs (not yet alive)
ovoviviparaous
a mixture of oviparity and viviparity
viviparous
young are born alive (not egg-lain)
Arthropods have paired _________ glands called _____, ____, or _____ glands.
excretory, coxal, antennal, maxillary
Other arthropods have excretory organs called ______ tubules.
Malpighian
How to arthropods respire?
by body surface, gills, tracheae (air tubes), or book lungs
arthropods have a(n) ______ circulatory system, with dorsal contractile heart, arteries and hemocoel (blood sinuses)
open
Subphylum Trilobita is so named because..?
it's body is formed into three lobes LONGITUDINALLY.
They represent some of the earliest forms of arthropods (all are extinct)
Label/Class?
Subphylum Trilobita
Characteristics of Subphylum Chelicerata?

And what are the two classes associated with Chelicerata?
Four pairs of legs
First pair of appendages are modified to form chelicerae*.
No antennae.
No mandibles.
Cephalothorax and abdomen often with segments fused.

Merostomata and Pycnogonida
Characteristics of class Merostomata? (Subphylum?)
(Chelicerata)
Aquatic
Compound lateral eyes
appendages with gills
Extinct "giant scorpion"?
(Class - Merostomata)
SUBCLASS** -> Eurypterids
What subclass contains the Horseshoe crab? (What class?)
(Class Merostomata)
Subclass - Xiphosurida
NOT EXTINCT**
Label/Class?
Class - Merostomata
Subclass - Xiphosurida
A horseshoe crab uses its ______ to orient itself, provide extra defense, and locomote.
telson
Three classes of Chelicerata?
Merostomata
Pycnogonida
Arachnida
Sea spiders are a part of class ______, (Subphylum?)
(Subphylum Chelicerata)
Class Pycnogonida
Label/Subphylum/Class
Celicerata/Pycnogonida
What organisms belong to class Arachnida? (Subphylum?)
(Subphylum: Chelicerata)
-scorpions, spiders, mites, ticks, and harvestmen
Characteristics of Arachnida?
four pairs of legs;
segmented or unsegmented abdomen with or without appendages and generally distinct from cephalothorax
respiration by gills, trachae, or book lungs
excretion by Malpighian tubules or coxal glands
dorsal bilobed brain connected to ventral ganglionic mass with nerves
simple eyes
sexes separate
chiefly oviparous
no true metamorphosis
Label/Class?
Arachnida (Subphylum Chelicerata)
What is it called whenever the spider injects its prey and returns later to suck out the dissolved organs?
saprozoic feeding
The cavity through which blood flows in an Arachnida and in which organs are located
hemocoel
The blood of an arthropod?
hemolymph
The communication of Arachnids in courtship rituals
semaphorant signaling
role of silk in spiders?
make web to catch stuff
wrap prey up
ballooning (afixation to a stable structure that then flies away)
The cover over the female gonopore on the anterior end of the epistosoma
epigynum
Unique structure that scorpions have located on ventral surface at the junction of prosoma and epistosoma.
For sexual recognition and feeding
pectines
Sexual dimorphism in scorpions?
females are larger and have small pectines
males are smaller and have larger pectines
Scorpions belong to what class?
Arachnida
Mites are a part of what class?
Arachnida
Ticks belong to what class?
Arachnida
Label/Class?
Arachnida
Crustaceans have a _______ larva stage
nauplius
Label/What is it?
H.A.M. (Hypothetical Ancestral Malacostraca)
Shrimps, Crazyfishes, Lobsters, and crabs are part of class ________.
Malacostraca (soft + shell)
Other name for Hypothetical Ancestral Malacostraca (H.A.M.)?
caridoid facies
How many "Walking legs" do Malacostracans have?
TEN. (Also known as decapods). The first pair of legs is called the Cheliped with a Chela ("pincher") on the end.
Malacostracans have _______ which aid in holding eggs during development.
swimmerets
derived from the same embryonic tissue?
homology
repeated parts limbs/parts all derived from the same embryonic tissue
serial homology
Label/Class?
Malacostracan
ventral portion of the exoskeleton
sternum
dorsal portion of the exoskeleton
tergum
connection of dorsal and ventral portions of the exoskeleton
pleura
Label/Class?
Malacostracan
increase the surface area inside the exoskeleton of a Malacostracan for the muscles to attach to.
apodemes
The first two swimmerets of a Malacostracan are modified ONLY in _______ (for copulation).
males
6 segments of a Malacostracan mouth area anterior --> posterior?
mandible, first maxilla, second maxilla, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, maxillapeds
Malacostracans have two stomachs: the _______ stomach and the _______ stomach.
Cardiac, Pyloric
A chitonized toothy structure between the cardiac and pyloric stomach
Gastric mill
Daphnia exhibit _________, changing their morphology depending on population densities.
cyclomorphosis
Leaf-like appendages on daphnia and fairy shrimp used for locomotion and respiration
phyllopodia
appendages of hexapoda are attached to the _______.
thorax
Kind of (hopping) locomotion that grasshoppers exhibit
saltatorial
Female grasshoppers have an ___________.
ovipositor
Describe respiration tract of insects..
spiracles --> trachea --> tracheoles
(Simple Diffusion)
The metamorphological changes that take place in a butterfly are _________.
holometabolous
________ have two pair of appendages per somite.
diplopoda (millipedes)
________ have one pair of appendages per somite.
chilopoda (centipedes)