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Arthropoda
BIOL2204 Arthropoda
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Key body structures | segmented body, paired jointed appendages, external cuticle/exoskeleton that is moulted |
| Subphylum Crustacea Appendages | antennules, antennae, mandibles, maxillae, pereiopods (walking legs), pleopods (swimming legs), uropods + telson = tail |
| label a prawn diagram | good job! |
| Crab key structure | carapace (shell), chela (pincer), chelipeas (attached to pincer) |
| cephalothorax | head and thorax, crab is dorso-ventrally flattened |
| Nauplius (crustacea) | developmental larval form (antennules, antennae, mandibles), median eye |
| Zoea (crustacea) | decapods carrying developing eggs beneath abdomen and release a zoea (slender, curved abdomen and spines) |
| Manca (crustacea) | juvenile-like isopod syage, brooded in a ventral brood pouch (direct development) |
| Megalopa (crustacea) | true crabs, look like weird little crabs |
| Subphylum Chelicerata | athropods that lack antennae but have chelicerae as the first pair of appendages (sea spiders and horseshoe crabs) |
| C. Pycnogonida | sea spiders (label diagram), jointed appendages and chitinous exoskeleton |
| C. Merostomata | horseshoe crabs (label diagram), chelicerae, carapace, book gills, compound + simple eyes etc |