ylum Arthropoda

ss Arachnida
Physical Traits
• Six pair of appendages
a) four pairs of walking
appendages
b) one pair each of
chelicerae
c) one pair each of
pedipalpus
Physical Traits
• The body is divided into two segment– cephalothorax and the
abdomen
Physical and Reproduce Traits
 Respiration by book lungs
 Excretion by Malpighi tubules
 Characteristic class of gonochorist
 Direct or indirect (larval stage) stage
 on the underside of the abdomen, there are the
spinnerets = produce a silk and venom
Digestive system
• typical extra-intestinal digestion
• the decomposition of food produces a nutrient-
rich fluid outside the digestive system, than the
spider sucking it
Environment
• Terrestrial & aquatic
• Silk is used for:
• Building webs
• Egg cases = cocoon
• Wrapping prey
• Shelters
Interesting Facts
 Spiders produce seven kinds of
silk
 Scorpions are among the only animals
known to survive nuclear exposure and they also
glow under UV light