Arthropods

• Arthropod attributes

  • exoskeleton
  • largest phylum
  • segmented body
  • jointed appendages
  • nervous system
  • invertebrates
  • open circulatory system
• segmented body

  • thorax
  • abdomen
  • cephalothorax
• arthropods have a pair of antennae
• arthropods have a pair of ganglia
• arthropods undergo sexual reproduction
• open circulatory system

  dorsal heart pumps blood through short veins
• exoskeleton

  arthropods have stiff exoskeletons that give them support. it is made of chitin
• molting

  shed their coating to create a new exoskeleton
• Compounds

  contains many lenses that give it almost 360 degree view
• Jointed Appendages


  for movement and fending of predators
• segmented body

  head, thorax, abdomen
• nervous system


  arthropods have a pair ganglia connected by a major nerve to act like a brain with two antennae