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Often called "living fossils" (only horseshoe crabs) |
Class Merostomata |
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Long tailpiece |
Telson |
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Chemical that detects bacteria |
Coagulan |
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Insects of the sea |
Crustaceans |
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Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, shrimp, copepods, barnacles, water and snd fleas, and pill bugs belong to this subpylum |
Crustacea |
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Largest order of crustaceans |
Decapoda |
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Large pincers used in defense and capturing food |
Chelipeds |
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Largest known species of crab in the world |
Giant spider crab |
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Pill bug and sand hoppers |
Terrestrial crustaceans |
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Process in which baby spiders can move through the air by releasing one or more silk threads to catch the wind |
Ballooning |
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The wingless, worm-like stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis |
Larva |
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The arachnid is commonly known as a daddy longlegs |
Harvestman |
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Insects which carry the plague |
Fleas |
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The ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals through camouflage in its shape or coloration |
Crypsis |
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Brown spider which bears a violin-shaped dorsal stripe on their cephalothorax |
Recluse |
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Carnivorous, agile hunter that kill their prey with their venom claws and have one pair of legs on each trunk segment |
Centipede |
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Type of venom that acts on the nervous system |
Neurotoxin |
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Slow-moving, herbivorous animal that may roll into a coil when disturbed and have two pairs of legs on each trunk segment |
Millipede |
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Disease carried by anopheles mosquitoes infecting hundreds of millions of people each year and causing millions of deaths |
Malaria |
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A chronic, disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by the deer tick |
Lyme disease |
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The study of insects |
Entomology |
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Specialized body regions modified for specific purposes |
Tagmata |
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Type of flies which carry African sleeping sickness |
Tsetse |
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This crab has the largest leg span of any arthropod |
Japanese spider Crab |
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The imitation of a noxious species( having a bad taste, odor, or poisonous properties) by a palatable one |
Mimicry |
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The outermost layer of the exoskeleton; serves as a barrier to microorganisms and pesticides |
Epicuticle |
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Crustacean organs which regulate salt balance |
Antennal glands |
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These arthropods are the number one disease vector in the world |
Mosquitoes |
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Crayfish have these large pincers used in defense and capturing food |
Chelipeds |
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These arthropods are the number two disease vector in the world |
Ticks |
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Name of simple eyes in an arthropod |
Ocelli |
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Extremely venomous spider found in Australia |
Funnelweb |
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Nicknamed "living fossils" |
Horseshoe crabs |
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The stage of complete metamorphosis in which the organism is enclosed within a protective capsule |
Pupa |
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Type of venom that produces death of tissues and skin surrounding the bite |
Hemolytic |
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Insects have this many pairs of antennae |
One |
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A parasitic mite that burrows and lays eggs inside the skin of its host |
Scabies |
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A warning coloration to advertise noxious qualities |
Aposematic |
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Shiny black spider with a bright orange or red spot in the shape of an hourglass on the underside of it abdomen |
Black widow |
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Arachnids must ingest this type of food |
Liquid |
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Large marine crustaceans such as shrimp, lobster, crabs, and freshwater crayfish are in this order |
Decapoda |
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5 Reasons insects are the most successful organisms |
Flight, sturdy exoskeleton, small size, shorter life spans and produce large number of eggs, the ability to engage in complex behaviors such as communication |
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Chemical released by one organism that affects the behavior of other organisms of the same species through smell or taste |
Pheromones |
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Serves as warning devices, advertisement of terrestrial claims, or courtship songs |
Sounds |
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The common glowworm of Europe, is a firefly species of the genus Lampyris |
Lampyris noctiluca |
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Tapping, stroking, grasping, and antennae touching |
Tactile communication |
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2 types of bee dances |
Round dance and waggle dance |
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Indicates a food source is nearby but gives no info about direction or distance |
Round dance |
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Angle of dance indicates the direction of food and the duration of the dance and number of waggles indicates the food's distance from the hive |
Waggle dance |
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Have one of the most complex social organizations in the insect world |
Honeybees |
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Centipedes and millipedes |
Subpylum myriapoda |
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Terrestrial arthropods with "many feet". Their body consists of 2 tagmata, the head and trunk with paired appendages on most or all of the trunk segments |
Myriopods |
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Means "hundred feet" |
Centipede |
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Centipedes |
Class chilopoda |
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Usually have about 30 pairs of legs with some species up to 175 pairs of legs |
Centipedes |
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Means "thousand feet" |
Millipede |
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Millipedes |
Class diplopoda |
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Usually have 60 pairs of legs; and some species that can have up to 350 pairs of legs |
Millipedes |
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Importance of Arthropods |
Insects are essential for cross-fertilization and pollination, big food source, makes drugs and products, and recycles nutrients, kills insect crop pests |
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Negatives of Arthropods |
Spread disease, attack humans and domestic animals |