Insects Arthropods
Chelicerates which include spiders mites scorpions and horseshoe crabs.
Insects arthropods. Insects have some distinctive characteristics that set them apart from other arthropods. About 84 percent of all known species of animals are members of this phylum. Learn more about arthropods in this article. En noun an arthropod in the class insecta characterized by six legs up to four wings and a chitinous exoskeleton.
Title an acoustic arms race volume 101 issue 3 page 206 7 magazine american scientist passage nonetheless some insect prey take advantage. Crustaceans which include lobsters crabs shrimps and other marine animals. In fact most animal species are insects. Arthropod any member of the phylum arthropoda the largest phylum in the animal kingdom which includes such familiar forms as lobsters crabs spiders mites insects centipedes and millipedes.
The phylum arthropoda is the most diverse of all the animal phyla and the class insecta is the most diverse group of arthropods. Hexapods which includes millions of species of insects. Arthropods members of the phylum arthropoda are a diverse group of animals including insects crustaceans spiders scorpions and centipedes. And myriapods which include millipedes centipedes and similar organisms.
Naturalists divide modern arthropods into four large groups. An arthropod ˈ ɑːr θ r ə p ɒ d from greek ἄρθρον arthron joint and πούς pous foot gen.