Arthropods (/ˈɑːrθrəpɒd/ ARTH-rə-pod) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised...
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fossil arthropods described in 2018 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and other fossil arthropods of every...
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Arthropods are covered with a tough, resilient integument, cuticle or exoskeleton of chitin. Generally the exoskeleton will have thickened areas in which...
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presumably the ancestral form of compound eye. They are found in all arthropod groups, although they may have evolved more than once within this phylum...
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The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres)...
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Arthropods, which include crustaceans, arachnids, and insects, are characterized in many different ways. Their bodies are segmented and covered by a cuticle...
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Many species of arthropods (insects, arachnids, millipedes and centipedes) can bite or sting human beings. These bites and stings generally occur as a...
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The mouthparts of arthropods have evolved into a number of forms, each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding. Most mouthparts represent modified...
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Pest control (redirect from Arthropod control)
13 November 2023. Smith, Charles Michael (2005). Plant resistance to arthropods: molecular and conventional approaches. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer...
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The (pan)arthropod head problem is a long-standing zoological dispute concerning the segmental composition of the heads of the various arthropod groups...
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Antenna (biology) (redirect from Antenna (arthropod anatomy))
paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in form but...
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Exoskeleton (redirect from Arthropod robot)
Examples of exoskeletons in animals include the cuticle skeletons shared by arthropods (insects, chelicerates, myriapods and crustaceans) and tardigrades, as...
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Pincer (biology) (redirect from Pincer (arthropod anatomy))
A pincer is the part of an arthropod that enables it to carry loads, to defend against other creatures, or to attack prey. In insects, the pincers are...
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Abdomen (redirect from Arthropod abdomen)
The area occupied by the abdomen is called the abdominal cavity. In arthropods, it is the posterior tagma of the body; it follows the thorax or cephalothorax...
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2024 in arthropod paleontology is a list of new arthropod fossil taxa, including arachnids, crustaceans, trilobites, and other arthropods (except insects...
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Miersiella (crab) (redirect from Miersiella (arthropod))
Miersiella is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: Miersiella cavifrons Takeda, 1989 Miersiella haswelli (Miers...
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Arbovirus (redirect from Arthropod borne virus)
name for any virus that is transmitted by arthropod vectors. The term arbovirus is a portmanteau word (arthropod-borne virus). Tibovirus (tick-borne virus)...
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Threatened arthropods are defined here as any of a number of species within the phylum Arthropoda, whose extinction is likely in the foreseeable future...
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Arthropod assault is a medical term describing a skin reaction to an insect bite characterized by inflammation and eosinophilic response. Arthropod bites...
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Central nervous system (redirect from Arthropod central nervous system)
may have an enlarged section at the rostral end which is a brain. Only arthropods, cephalopods and vertebrates have a true brain, though precursor structures...
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wings and abdomen. It is also called mesosoma or cephalothorax in other arthropods. It is formed by the prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax and comprises...
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Chigger (disambiguation) (redirect from Chigger (arthropod))
Look up chigger or harvest mite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chiggers are tiny harvest mites, members of the family Trombiculidae, that can cause...
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Pupa (redirect from Arthropod metamorphosis)
A pupa (from Latin pupa 'doll'; pl.: pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that...
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The sternum (pl.: sterna) is the ventral portion of a segment of an arthropod thorax or abdomen. In insects, the sterna are usually single, large sclerites...
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Furca (redirect from Furca (arthropod))
or its diminutive, furcula, may refer to: Furca (genus), a prehistoric arthropod Furca (springtail), an anatomical structure in springtail entognaths....
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Homology (biology) (redirect from Homology in arthropods)
pax6 genes that control the development of the eyes of vertebrates and arthropods were unexpected, as the organs are anatomically dissimilar and appeared...
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Supraesophageal ganglion (redirect from Arthropod brain)
ganglion (also "supraoesophageal ganglion", "arthropod brain" or "microbrain") is the first part of the arthropod, especially insect, central nervous system...
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chelicerates, and there may be about 500,000 unidentified species. Like all arthropods, chelicerates have segmented bodies with jointed limbs, all covered in...
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Viral encephalitis (redirect from Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis)
viruses are typically transmitted either from person-to-person or are arthropod-borne viruses, called arboviruses. The young and the elderly are at the...
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