INSECTS

http://sharon-taxonomy2009-p2.wikispaces.com/Arthropoda-Insecta

Unique Features:
Almost all insects have wings. No other group of
arthropods can fly.
Their tiny size, quick reproduction rate, and ability to
fly enable insects to explore and exploit almost every
environmental niche imaginable.
They are the most diverse class of animals and the
most numerous, by individual and by species.
They have tri-segmented bodies; head, thorax, and
abdomen.
Their vital organs, as well as their sexual organs are
found in their abdomen
Examples:
Coccinella septempunctata (lady bug)
Bathyraja mariposa (Mariposa butterfly)
Somatochlora metalicca (Brilliant Emerald dragonfly)

Ma. Himig Adviento
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UNIRAMIANS








http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~biol240/labs/lab_19arthropod/pages/myriapoda
.html

Unique Features:
They have single-branched appendages and one pair
of antennae, mandibles and maxillae
They are thought to have evolved on land about 400
million years ago.
They can be found on almost all terrestrial habitats
on Earth, although some species live in fresh water
environments while others in marine environments.
Examples:
Battus philenor
Acanthocephala terminalis
Acronicta impressa
Aeshna canadensis
Thea Coleen F. Sanico
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CHELICERATES

http://bio.classes.ucsc.edu/bio136/arthropoda/chelicerata/scorpiona.gif

Unique Features:
They lack antennae.
The body is divided into two main divisions; the
prosoma and the opisthosoma.
They have two pairs of appendages near the mouth,
the chelicerae (fang/claw-like appendages) and the
pedipalps (varies based on the organism) which are
found on the prosoma.
They have compound eyes.
They are originally marine animals; dated as far as
445 million years ago, the Ordovician period.

Examples:
(Horseshoe crabs)
(Yellow mite)
(Sea scorpions)
Ellora Trisha G. Narida
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CRUSTACEANS

http://www.kentuckyawake.org/Crustaceans

Unique Features:
Crustaceans have an exoskeleton, 2 pairs of antenna,
and mandibles.
Several large crustaceans exoskeletons contain
calcium carbonate, or limestone, which makes the
exoskeleton hard
Crustaceans have 3 main body parts: head, thorax,
and abdomen.
In some crustaceans, the head and the thorax fuse
into a cephalothorax, which is covered by a
carapace.

Examples:
Macrocheira kaempferi (Japanese Spider Crab)


Camilla Francesca J. Ibay
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CENTIPEDES

http://www.marlin.ac.uk/

Unique Features:
Centipedes have a pair of legs for each body segment,
differentiating them from millipedes. Their pairs ofl
leg that they have can range from 15 to 171.
They have a unique structure called forcipules, which
is a modification of the first pair of legs forming a
pincer-like appendage found behind the head. They
are used to capture preys and injecting venom into
these preys.
Centipedes do not use copulation for reproduction.
The male makes a web where he deposits his
spermatophore. The male centipede will then do a
courtship dance to encourage a female centipede to
take his spermatophore. In some cases, the male
centipede just leaves his spermatophore in the web.
Examples:
Feather tail centipede (Alipes grandidieri)
House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
Giant Sonoran centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha)

Jamika Ann E. Roque
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CENTIPEDES

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/arthropod
/millipedelabel/answers.GIF

Unique Features:
Millipedes posess two pairs of legs per body segment.
Their legs produce a wave-like motion.
Millipedes have brush-like clusters of hair on their
second or third pair of legs that they use to clean the
antennae.
Millipedes dont have the ability to bite. Therefore, a
millipede curls into a ball if it senses danger. They
could also release hydrogen cyanide gas or a
poisonous liquid when irritated.
Examples:
Pill millipede (Glomeris marginata)
Cyanide millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
American Giant millipede (Narceus americanus)

Caireen G. Tuppil
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TRILOBITES

http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsocephalus_hoffi

Unique Features:
They are extinct arthropod ancestors, which had
segmented bodies, each part having jointed legs.
Trilobites, in order to grow, underwent a process
called molting during their development. They would
shed their exoskeleton by splitting open their facial
sutures, opening the cephalon. This is how the
trilobite moved out of its old exoskeleton.
When in danger, trilobites could enrollwith the use
of internal muscles, they would roll into a ball to
protect vulnerable structures.

Examples:
Paradoxides davidis
Redlichia takooensis
Mesonacis vermontanus
Elrathia kingie
Mikaela T. Cadiz
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ARTHROPODS

Picture taken from Biology book

Unique Features:
They have tough exoskeletons.
The exoskeleton is made of Chitin.
It molts exoskeletons to gwo.
They have jointed appendages.
Their bodies are segmented.

Examples:
Leiurus quinquestriatus (Deathstalker)
Scorpion/Palestine Yellow Scorpion)
Lactrodectus Hesperus (Western Black Widow
Spider)
Archispirostreptus gigas (African Giant Milipede)

Francis Martin Logmao
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NEMATODES

http://www.personal.psu.edu/ncj111/Unique%20Features.htm

Unique Features:
Nematodes muscle cells branch toward nerve cells.
Includes a large amount of species.
Only has simple but defined digestive track.
Has less amount of cell multiplication because it
grows through cell enlargement.
Examples:
Enterobius vermicularis (The Human Pinworm)
Ancylostoma duodenale (Human Hookworm)
Ascaris lumbricoides (Large Roundworm of Man)

Patricia Yzabel D. Rivera
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MOLLUSKS

http://infusion.allconet.org/webquest/PhylumMollusca.html

Unique Features:
- All modern classes of this phylum has a broad,
muscular foot, though some might have been
reduced, or some might have been modified into
arms.
- Most have a shell made mainly of chitin and
conchoilin and hardened with calcium carbonate.
Some are external, like snails, while some are
internalized, like in squids.
- Molluscs except for bivalves have radulae, which are
minutely toothed, chitinous ribbons. They are
commonly compared to a tongue, though it is
inaccurate.
Examples:
- Octopus vulgaris (common octopus)
- Sepia officinalis (common cuttlefish)
- Helix pomatia (Roman snail)
- Tridacna gigas (a giant clam)
- Mytilus edulis (blue mussels)

Allen Cedrick B. Domingo
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RINGED WORMS

http://www.tutorvista.com/content/biology/biology-iii/animal-
kingdom/phylum-annelida.php
Unique Features:
Annelids such as leeches are very useful in medicine;
and earthworms are important decomposers.
Annelids reproduce asexually (this happens through
fission, a process in which an annelid splits its body
into 2, and forms another annelid) and sexually (this
happens when a male annelid transfers fluid into a
female ovipore; then, the female annelid will release
egg cocoons which will be young worms).
Annelids have segments that help them in
locomotion; they also have a citellum, a reproductive
organ only found in annelids, a closed circulatory
system, but doesnt have respiratory organs. They
also have a perfectly bilateral symmetrical body.
Examples:
Pompeii worm ( Alvinella pompejana )
Polygordiidae ( Polygordius appendiculatus )
Earthworm ( Lumbricus terrestris )
Aaron John P. Navarro
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