What are the largest group of arthropods?

Answer 1

Insects are the largest group of arthropods.

Answer 2

Insects.

Answer 3

The coconut crab (Birgus latro), also known as the robber crab, is a species of terrestrial hermit crab - which, by the way, are not "truecrabs" - and the largest land-living arthropod in the world.

Answer 4

In terms of count of species: By far the largest number of species under any phylum is arthropoda, the bulk of which are Insecta with almost a million species in that class alone. Of those, the bulk are coleoptera (beetles) with somewhere around 300,000-400,000 species described.

In terms of individuals or weight: Estimates indicate that the crustacean krill, is the most abundant species on the planet, and has the largest biomass of any animal. One species of krill alone may amount to around three quarters of a billion tonnes.

Answer 5

Macrocheira kaempferi (the Japanese spider crab) is said to be the largest living arthropod.

Answer 6

The largest (known) arthropod «group» were the Eurypterids, a millipede arthropod. Jaekelopterus Rhenaniae, for example, from the Devonion, reached 2.5 metres long!

Answer 7

the decapods

Answer 8

insects