-Jointed legs/appendages
-Bilateral symmetry
-Exoskeleton contains chitin
-Open circulatory syst.
-Ventral nervous syst.
Class:Chelicerata
-"Chielos"-lips
-"Cheir"-arms
Class:Archnid
-ex:)scorpions,spiders,ticks,mites
-Have a cephalothorax w/ six pairs of appendages
-Chelicerae-pair of appendages that help in
sensing/feeding
-Pedipalps-a pair of appendages
-4 appendages used to walk
-Book lungs-where gas is exchanged
-Meristomata
Uniramia-evolutionary link between annelids &
arthropods
Class:Insecta
-Divided into 26 orders
-Outnumber all forms of life combined
-Live in almost every terrestial habitat,& in fresh
water & flying in air
-Order:Anoplura-sucking lice
-Order:Coleoptera-beetles,weevils
-Order:Dermaptera-earwigs
-Order:Dermaptera-flies,mosquitoes
-Order Diptera-true bugs,assassin bug,bedbug,chinch bug
-Hemiptera-ants,bees,wasps
-Hymenoptera-termites
-Isoptera-butterflies,moths
-Lepidoptera-damselflies,dragonflies
-Odonata-crickets,roaches,grasshoppers,mantids
-Orthoptera-fleas
-Siphonaptera-fleas
-Trichoptera-caddisflies
Class:Diploda
-millipedes
Class:Chilopoda
-centipeds
Class:Crustacea
-Group Copepoda
-ex:)krill
Group Decopda
-Large marine crustaceans
-ex:)lobster,crayfish,crabs,& shrimp
Group Isopoda
-ex:) sow bugs,& pill bugs
Group Cirripedia
-ex:)barnacles
Kingdom:Animalia| Back to main page|
