Typical Arthropods
Cool Arthropods
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Basic
Features:
- Chitinous exoskeleton which leads to a
discontinuous pattern of growth (the animal grows into it, then
it can't get bigger until the next stage)
- Metamorphosis common
- Metamerically segmented, segments not always
evident externally though
- Jointed limbs used for feeding and locomotion
- Gas exchange through gills, tracheae or book
lungs
- Nitrogenous excretion through gills or
Malpighian tubules
- Sexual reproduction
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Arthropoda
Classes:
The
group includes:
What do arthropods eat?
What eats arthropods?
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