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ARTHROPODS Mr. Taylor Survey of the Animal Kingdom Rainier High School
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ARTHROPODS Arthro means “joint” pod means “foot”, so Arthropod means “joint foot” This is the first phylum to have jointed appendages: Legs Antennae Mouthparts
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ARTHROPODS 3 Sub-phyla Uniramia (have jaws) Includes insects, centipedes, millipedes Crustacea (have a shell) Includes lobsters, shrimp, crabs, pill bugs Chelicerata (have horn-like claw/fang) Includes spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions
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ARTHROPOD CHARACTERISTICS Arthropods have an articulated (jointed) exoskeleton with appendages. Is secreted by and attached to epidermis. Provides muscular attachment, allows movement when muscles contract. Serves as protection from predators Is waterproof: no water out or in Prevents dehydration: allows for terrestrial forms Keeps them dry (both from rain and watery environments).
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ARTHROPOD CHARACTERISTICS AArthropods have an articulated (jointed) exoskeleton with appendages. HHelps grind food (jaws, pincers, fangs) FForms wings (allows flight) NNot all is good with rigid exoskeletons! TThey don’t grow so must be shed periodically HHigh energy cost to replace DDanger from predators while being replaced.
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All arthropods are segmented Seems to indicate that annelids (earthworms and friends) were ancestors. Bilateral symmetry, 3 tissue layers Endoderm, ectoderm, mesoderm Have a true coelom Mouth-to-anus tubular digestive system
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ARTHROPOD CHARACTERISTICS Nervous system Ladder-like: 2 nerve cords run ventrally and are connected at each segment The anterior ganglia are enlarged enough to be called a BRAIN! but exhibit little control or “thought” function. Most of its action is inhibition. Grasshoppers hop or fly Praying mantis predatory/mating behavior.
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ARTHROPOD CHARACTERISTICS Respiratory system Insects have a system of tracheae and spiracles (p 745 in your text) Arachnids have “book lungs” (p 741) Crustaceans have gills. Circulatory system Arthropods have an open circulatory system.
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ARTHROPOD CHARACTERISTICS Excretory system Insects and spiders use Malpighian tubules to concentrate and eliminate nitrogenous and other wastes by simple diffusion. Aquatic arthropods (crustaceans) use either simple diffusion through the gills or “green glands” to excrete nitrogenous wastes.
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