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Arthropods Chelicerates
Arthropoda Chelicerata
Myriapodes Hexapods
Myriapoda Hexapoda
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Arthropods Chelicerates
Arthropoda Chelicerata
Myriapodes Hexapods
Myriapoda Hexapoda
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Crustaceans Arachnids
Crustacea Arachnida
Insects Trilobites
Insecta Trilobitomorpha
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Crustaceans Arachnids
Crustacea Arachnida
Insects Trilobites
Insecta Trilobitomorpha
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The Arthropods are the largest Insecta is a class of animals under
group of animals on earth. All ar- the subphylum Hexapoda. They
thropods are covered by a hard have a three-part body (head,
exoskeleton, and have segment- thorax, and abdomen), three pairs
ed bodies. They include spiders, of jointed legs, compound eyes,
insects, and shellfish. and two antennae.
Chelicerates is a subphylum of the Trilobites (meaning “three lobes”),
arthropod phylum. They have 3- is an extinct subphylum of Artho-
segmented bodies with jointed pods. They were ocean-dwelling;
limbs. Types of chelicerates in- many trilobite fossils can be found
clude horseshoe crabs, scorpions, today. There were up to 17,000 dif-
and spiders. ferent species.
Myriapoda, a subphylum of Arthro- The subphylum Hexapoda is the
pods, contains millipedes and cen- largest (in terms of number of spe-
tipedes. There are 13,000 species, cies) grouping of arthropods and
all of which live on land. The num- includes all insects. Most hexapods
ber of legs range from less than have three sets of legs (Greek:
ten to over 750. hex=six, pod=leg).
Crustacea is a subphylum of Arachnida is a class of animals un-
Arthropoda that contains over der the subphylum Cherlicerata. It
50,000 species including lobsters, includes spiders, scorpions, ticks
crayfish, and shrimp. They have an and mites. All animals in this class
exoskeleton, which they shed in have eight legs and have no an-
order to grow. tennae or wings.
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Animal Kingdom
Arthropods
Arthropoda
Trilobites Chelicerates Myriapodes Crustaceans Hexapods
Arachnids Insects
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