Learning objective

• To list the main features in the main groups of arthropods: myriapods,

insects, arachnids, crustaceans
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• ARTHROPODA
• Jointed limbs.
• They have hard, firm exoskeleton, which is called a
cuticle, encloses their bodies.
• Phylum Arthropoda includes four classes.
• 1. Insecta
• 2. Crustaceans
• 3. Arachnids
• 4. Myriapoda
List the visible features of the given image
ANIMALIA (Invertebrates) - Arthropods
Insecta
• Large class of arthropods.
• Body is divided into distinct head, thorax and abdomen regions.
• 3 pairs of jointed legs.
• 2 pairs of wings.
• A pair of antennae.
• Have compound eyes.
• Examples: Bees, butterflies, mosquitoes, houseflies, earwig, greenfly
and beetles etc.
 ANIMALIA
(Invertebrates)
- Arthropods
ANIMALIA (Invertebrates) - Arthropods
Crustaceans
• Bodies are divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and abdomen.
• Typically, crustacea have a pair of jointed limbs on each segment of the body, but
those on the head segments are modified to form antennae or specialized mouth
parts for feeding.
• 2 pairs of antennae which are sensitive to touch and to chemicals.
• They have compound eyes. Compound eyes are made up of tens or hundreds of
separate lenses with light sensitive cells beneath.
• No wings.
• Examples: Crab, Prawns, Lobsters, Shrimps and barnacles etc.
ANIMALIA (Invertebrates) - Arthropods
ANIMALIA (Invertebrates) - Arthropods
Arachnids
•Bodies are divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and abdomen.
•4 pairs of legs (limbs).
•They have two pedipalps. Pedipalps are used in reproduction.
•They have two chelicerae. Chelicerae pierce the prey and paralyze it with a
poison secreted by a gland at their base.
•No antennae.
•No wings.
•Examples: Spiders, Scorpions, Mites and Ticks.
ANIMALIA (Invertebrates) - Arthropoda
ANIMALIA (Invertebrates) - Arthropoda
Myriapoda
•They have a head and a segmented body which is not obviously
divided into thorax and abdomen.
•There is a pair of legs on each body segment but in the millipede
the abdominal segments are fused in pairs and it looks as if it has
two pairs of legs per segment.
• one pair of antennae.
•Simple eyes.
•No wings.
•Examples: Centipedes and millipedes.
Task
Feature Crustaceans Myriapods Insects Arachnids
Number of pairs
of legs

Number of
segments

Number of pairs
of antennae

Type of eyes

Wings
Arthropod Comparison
Feature Crustaceans Myriapods Insects Arachnids
Number of pairs 5-20 many 3 4
of legs

Number of 2 many 3 2
segments

Number of pairs 2 1 1 0
of antennae

Type of eyes Compound Simple Compound Simple

Wings None None Most None

Plenary
• Students frame 5 questions and evaluate their learning
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draw/Paste pictures of the arthropods