ARTHROPODS

Ejemplos

Arachnid

Crustace
ans

Miriapods

Spiders
scorpions,
and mites

Crabs,
prawns
and
lobsters
centipedes
y
milipedes

Types of
Arthropod
s

Chelicerat
e

Medio

Mostly
Terrestrial

Mandibula
te

Acuatic

Mandibula
te

MostlyTerrest
rial

Nutrition

Carnivoro
us

Mostly
Carnivoro
us

Centiped
es:
carnivoro
us
Milipedes
:

Body

Body
divided into
a
Cephalotho
rax and
abdomen

Body
divided into
a
Cephalotho
rax and
abdomen
Long body
divided into
a head and
a trunk

Bodies characteristcs
Appendages
Eyes
and legs

Other
characteristics
Scorpions, have
a stinger for
injecting venom.
Spiders have
glands that
secrete silk for
weabing their
webs
Spiders have
poisonous fangs
in the two
cheliceros.

They
have
simple
eyes

They have a
pair of
appendages
called
pedipalps and
four pairs of
legs

They
have a
pair of
compoun
d eyes

They have
antennae and
ten or more
legs.

Their
exoskeleton
forms a hard
shell

They have a
pair of
antennae and
one or two
pairs of legs
for each ring

The trunk is
made up of
many rings
Centipedes have
poisonous fangs
in the first two

They
have two
groups of
simple
eyes

herviboro
us

Insects

grasshopp
ers,
crickets,
butterflies,
beetles
and flies

Mandibula
te

Mostly
Terrestrial

Hervibor
es
Carnivore
s
Scaveng
ers
Parasites

legs.

Body
divided into
head,
thorax and
a
abdoment

They
have a
pair of
compoun
d eyes
and
varying
number
of simple
eyes

They have a
pair of
antennae,
three pairs of
legs and, in
most cases,
two pairs of
wings.

They are the

only
invertebrates
capable to wing