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  • Cephalothorax
    Part of the body structure of arachnids, consisting of the head and thorax
  • Abdomen
    Part of the body structure of arachnids, usually with no segments or appendages
  • Cephalothorax
    Part of the body structure of arachnids, including chelicerae, pedipalps, and legs
  • Arachnid digestive system
    • Sclerotised pharynx which acts like a pump, extracellular digestion, sucking food to esophagus
    • Venom glands
    • Carnivorous
  • Arachnid respiratory system
    • Book lungs and tracheae
  • Arachnid circulatory system
    • Haemolymph with haemocyanin
  • Arachnid excretory system
    • Modified metaneehtidia
  • Arachnid nervous system
    • Fused ganglion brain-like resemblance
  • Arachnid sensory system
    • Mechanoreceptors, eyes, can sense vibrations
  • Reproduction in arachnids
    Internal fertilisation, eggs in cocoons
  • Crustacean body structure
    Cephalothorax + abdomen + appendages
  • Crustacean appendages
    • Head appendages (antennules, antennae)
    • Thoracic appendages (legs + maxillipeds)
    • Abdominal appendages (pleopods)
  • Crustacean body covering
    • Carapace (2 types), chromatophores (pigments, changing colour) under the carapace
  • Crustacean digestive system
    • Hepatopanereas, gastric mill system (a gizzard in crustaceans)
  • Crustacean respiratory system
    • Gills or skin
  • Crustacean circulatory system
    • Haemolymph with or without pigments (haemoglobin, haemocyanin)
  • Crustacean excretory system
    • Antennal glands or maxillary glands
  • Crustacean sensory system
    • Nauplius eye, compound eyes, mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, open statocysts, statoliths
  • Crustacean reproduction
    Sexual or parthenogenesis, direct or indirect development
  • Insect body structure
    Chitinous exoskeleton, head thorax abdomen, three pairs of jointed legs
  • Parts of the insect body
    • Head (mouth parts, antennae, mandibles, maxillae)
    • Thorax (prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax)
    • Abdomen (segmented, no appendages in adults)
    • Appendages
    • Wings
  • Insect body covering
    • Cuticle + lipoprotein layer, pigments
  • Insect digestive system
    • Tubular
  • Insect respiratory system
    • Tracheae or tracheal gills
  • Insect excretory system
    • Malpighian tubules
  • Insect nervous system
    • Simple CNS with a dorsal brain, ventral nerve cord
  • Insect sensory system
    • Extremely developed antennae, may see UV, sense pheromones, detect infrared emissions, hear, chemical communication
  • Insect reproduction
    Oviparous, polymorphism, paedomorphosis, parthenogenesis, hermaphroditism
  • Insect development
    Incomplete or complete metamorphosis
  • Insect circulatory system
    • Haemolymph +/- pigments (haemoglobin, thaemocyanın)
  • Importance of insects
    • Honey
    • Royal jelly, alternative medicine
    • Scavengers
    • Biological warfare
    • Silkworm
  • Insect subclasses
    • Apterygota (no wings)
    • Pterygota (wing insects)
  • Echinoderm body structure
    Central disc + feet
  • Echinoderm body covering
    • Epidermis
  • Echinoderm body support
    • Calcareous
  • Echinoderm muscular system
    • Ambulacral (water vascular) system
  • Echinoderm digestive system
    • Tubular
  • Echinoderm nervous system
    • Primitive
  • Echinoderm sensory system
    • Primitive, chemoreceptors
  • Echinoderm defence mechanisms
    • Cuvierian tubules, spines, toxins