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Arthropods adapted to an aquatic environment that need to extract oxygen from water will have gills, for instance most (but not all) crustaceans, like crabs and lobsters. Crabs can come on land so long as their gills are kept moist; those that do usually seek out damp habitats.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoYes Arthropods can have gills, but not all do - most insects oxygenate their tissues directly from the air through tiny tubes and won't need gills.
As with other gill-bearing organisms, Arthropods adapted to an aquatic environment that need to extract oxygen from water will have gills, for example crustaceans like crabs and lobsters.
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∙ 10y agoThe Mandibulata clade of arthropods is characterized by possession of mandibles or jaws. It includes myriapods like millipedes, crustaceans like crabs or lobsters, and hexapods including insects.
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∙ 12y agolobsters and crabs?
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∙ 11y agoLobsters
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Do aquatic arthropods exchange gases through a tracheal tubes b gills c their exoskeleton d book lungs?
Aquatic arthropods mostly exchange gases through (c) gills; some (like the horseshoe crabs) have book gills. The "book lungs" term usually applies to most arachnids like scorpions and spiders, which are terrestrial; most other terrestrial arthropods exchange gases through special holes in their segments called spiracles, attached to the tracheal tubules/tracheola which connect directly to the tissues.
What type of arthropods is a woodlouse?
Woodlice are crustaceans, like crabs and lobsters. They have gills like them, not lungs, so they only live in damp places!
How do arthropods eliminate waste?
They have a mouth and an anus like most higher organisms for solid food waste. Gaseous waste for terrestrial arthropods passes through microscopic tubules (tracheoles) and out pairs of openings in body segments (the spiracles); for aquatic arthropods, gills are used to remove nitrogenous waste - particularly useful for highly toxic ammonia.
Do arthropods and mollusks have lungs?
No for arthropods; yes for some molluscs. The larger aquatic arthropods like lobsters and crabs accomplish gas exchange using gills. Smaller ones like the land-based insects have holes (spiracles) in the exoskeleton and a tube system to facilitate gas exchange necessary for respiration. In this case, unlike mammals which use lungs to oxgenate blood which is pumped to the tissues, the tracheal tubes from the spiracles deliver oxygen directly to the tissues. Aquatic molluscs have gills for gas exchange whereas molluscs adapted to live on land like snails do have a lung.
What eight characteristics are typical of arthropods?
Characteristics of arthropods: 1 - a hard outer body covering called an exoskeleton 2 - specialized mouth parts 3 - jointed legs 4 - compound eyes 5 - segmented body 6 - bilateral symmetry 7 - a tubular alimentary canal, with mouth and anus 8 - respiration by means of gills, tracheae and spiracles
Do all arthropods have gills?
yes
What do aquatic arthropods exchange gases through?
Most aquatic arthropods have external gills
What body parts do arthropods have that echinoderms do not have?
Gills and a well developed nervous system
Is the trachea found in all arthropods?
No, not all. Remember some arthropods are aquatic; the spiracle/trachea/tracheole system utilized by terrestrial insects is largely replaced by gills in marine arthropods.
Do aquatic arthropods exchange gases through a tracheal tubes b gills c their exoskeleton d book lungs?
Aquatic arthropods mostly exchange gases through (c) gills; some (like the horseshoe crabs) have book gills. The "book lungs" term usually applies to most arachnids like scorpions and spiders, which are terrestrial; most other terrestrial arthropods exchange gases through special holes in their segments called spiracles, attached to the tracheal tubules/tracheola which connect directly to the tissues.
How do terrestrials arthropods excrete metabolic wastes?
Terrestrial arthropods excrete metabolic wastes in the form of uric acid, which is solid and fairly dry. Aquatic arthropods excrete ammonia through gills or other membranes.
What type of arthropods is a woodlouse?
Woodlice are crustaceans, like crabs and lobsters. They have gills like them, not lungs, so they only live in damp places!
Do arthropods have spiracles?
The larvae form of amphibians live in water and have gills. When they grow into their adult form they develop lungs. There are three orders of amphibians, Urodela, Anura and Apoda. Some Urodela (e.g Axolotls) retain their gills as adults, other orders do not.
How do arthropods eliminate waste?
They have a mouth and an anus like most higher organisms for solid food waste. Gaseous waste for terrestrial arthropods passes through microscopic tubules (tracheoles) and out pairs of openings in body segments (the spiracles); for aquatic arthropods, gills are used to remove nitrogenous waste - particularly useful for highly toxic ammonia.
Do arthropods and mollusks have lungs?
No for arthropods; yes for some molluscs. The larger aquatic arthropods like lobsters and crabs accomplish gas exchange using gills. Smaller ones like the land-based insects have holes (spiracles) in the exoskeleton and a tube system to facilitate gas exchange necessary for respiration. In this case, unlike mammals which use lungs to oxgenate blood which is pumped to the tissues, the tracheal tubes from the spiracles deliver oxygen directly to the tissues. Aquatic molluscs have gills for gas exchange whereas molluscs adapted to live on land like snails do have a lung.
Why are arthropods called arthropods?
They express the characteristics inherent to arthropods. All insects are arthropods. Not all arthropods are insects.
What type of cyrculatory system do arthropods have?
Arthropods have open circulatory systems, with the internal organs bathed in a fluid called hemolymph, in an internal body cavity called a hemocoel. For hearts, arthropods have a dorsal tube that draws the fluid from open-ended pores (ostia). This fluid differs from our blood in significant ways; in arthropods, there is no distinction between what we think of as blood and lymphatic fluids. Also, for those arthropods that have gills and use hemolymph as the oxygen carrier (some have no gills and get oxygen directly from tubes connected to the air, or have book lungs like the arachnids), they don't use hemoglobin like our red iron-based blood; instead they use the copper-based hemocyanin. Hemocyanin is not bound to proteins on blood cells but floats freely around in the fluid. It is greyish in color but when oxygenated turns somewhat blue.
