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What catagorise are arthropods?
The category (taxon) for arthropods is called a phylum, a major division in the classification scheme for living things. Arthropods have segmented bodies, an exoskeleton made from chitin, and jointed appendages.
What major group of arthropods is a grasshopper?
A grasshopper has six legs, so its major group is Insecta.
What two characteristics make a crayfish and arthropod?
Crayfish are classified as arthropods, because of their characteristic segmented bodies, chitinous exoskeleton, and joint appendages.
Do arthropods have a spine?
No, at least not in the backbone sense. Arthropods have their skeleton on the outside (exoskeleton); spines or vertebral columns are characteristic of vertebrates under a different phylum - Chordata, including fish, birds, mammals, etc.
Do arthropods molt?
Yes, arthropods have to moult in order to increase in size, because their exoskeleton is rigid and inhibits growth. The process is called ecdysis and is not limited only to arthropods; it is a characteristic of their clade, ecdysozoa, which includes nematodes and other phyla.
For what anatomical characteristic are arthropods named?
Arthropods have jointed feet. Arthro- means joint and -pod means foot.
The characteristic that most distinguishes arthropods from other invertebrates is?
the endoskeleton
Do arthropods have jointed appnedages?
Yes, phylum arthropoda (the arthropods) are defined and classified by virtue of this very characteristic, their jointed appendages.
Do anthropods have jointed appendages?
Yes arthropods do that is a main characteristic of arthropods along with the fact that they are segmented coelomates that have jointed appendages and an exoskeleton.
What are the major groups of arthropods?
crustaceans
What characteristic distinguishes arthropods and mollusks?
Mollusks compose of the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca. Mollusks have a mantle, mollusks invertebrate. Arthropods have jointed appendages, arthropods have segmented bodies
What are the characteristic of psilotum?
1. Presence of synangium.
What characteristics do insect such as honeybees have in common with all other arthropods?
Bees are classified as arthropods because of their characteristic segmented bodies, an exoskeleton made from chitin, and joint appendages.
What are two characteristic of arthropods?
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal with an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
Which characteristic identifies brown algae?
Presence of fucoxanthin
What are characteristic's of a arthropods?
An arthropod would be characterized by a segmented body, an exoskeleton made from chitin, and joint appendages.
What is the functin of the exoskeleton?
The exoskeleton, a characteristic of arthropods, provides for structural integrity and defines the gross morphology of arthropods. It contains and protects their soft viscera and provides the framework for mobility and all body functions.
