The other peculiar features of this group are that in Diplopoda the tracheae are branched and in Symphyla only two tracheae are present on the head. The book-lungs are best seen in Scorpionids and spiders Fig. These are blind sacs which originate from the evaginations of opisthosoma. These are regarded as the modified abdominal appendages.
Within the sac the inner lining is raised into numerous delicate folds, like the leaves of a book. These folds are richly vascularised and thus respiration in Scorpionids is circulation dependent. Each book-lung communicates to the exterior by a stigma.
Many crustaceans perform rhythmical contractions of intestine—taking in and expelling out water. Some aquatic members of Colleoptera and Hemiptera e.
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Performance Performance. For a given tube diameter and temperature, gas molecules diffuse over distance at a rate proportional to the source concentration. Some insects can increase oxygen delivery by a mechanical pumping action of their bodies.
Humans and other vertebrates are less likely to be affected by atmospheric oxygen concentration, since oxygen is delivered by blood that is pumped through the tissues.
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How Do We Sense Touch? What is Evolutionary Medicine? What's a Biologist? Another set of anterior appendages are modified as mandibles, which function in grasping, biting, and chewing food.
Male crayfish also use one pair of legs as a copulatory organ. All crustaceans share a common type of larva called a nauplius larva. They are one of the few successful terrestrial crustaceans. They feed on decaying vegetation in the leaf litter. Uniramians have a single pair of antennae, and uniramous appendages. They probably evolved from oligochaete worms.
Class Chilopoda - 2, sp. Centipedes dwell in damp places under old logs and stones. They are carnivorous, eating mostly insects. They are highly segmented, and have one pair of legs per segment. The first trunk segment bears poison fangs.
Centipedes are very dangerous, and their bite is extremely painful. Class Diplopoda - 10, sp. Millipedes share the same habitat as centipedes, but they are mostly herbivorous, feeding on decaying vegetation in the leaf litter. Animals that feed on detritus are called detritivores. Each segment of the millipede is actually two segments fused together hence the double set of legs.
They can secrete a defensive fluid that smells bad, and a few species actually secrete tiny amounts of cyanide gas to protect themselves! Class Insecta - , sp. If we knew all the different insects on Earth, there could be as many as 30 million species. Insects evolved about mya, with cockroaches and dragonflies among the first to appear.
Insects have a head, thorax, and abdomen, with three pair of legs 6 legs on the thorax. Crustaceans have legs on the abdomen as well as on the thorax. Most insects have one or two pairs of wings.
They are the only invertebrates that fly. Most have compound eyes , and can communicate by sound and scent, using powerful chemical hormones called pheromones.
Insects have extremely elaborate mouthparts, consisting of pairs of appendages fused into a lower lip labium , and an upper lip labrum , with other appendages called maxillae aiding in chewing. These mouthparts are highly modified in various groups for chewing, sucking, and piercing. Insects undergo metamorphosis as they develop, changing from one form to another as they mature. The juvenile stages look like tiny versions of the adults.
Their larvae are often radically different from the mature adult like the butterfly and the caterpillar. They not only look different, they live in different places and eat different food. Observe the preserved arthropods on display. How do the various groups use their legs to walk, swim, feed or mate? Watch the way the millipede moves. Look at the legs. See how the waves of muscle contraction pass down through the segments?
The polychaete worm Nereis moves in exactly the same way. Handle the millipedes very gently. They are someone's pets. They also make great pets for dorm rooms - they need little care, don't take up much room, and don't make noise or messes, unlike your roommate. Disturb the centipedes to get them moving around. Can you see the poison fangs? Notice how flat the body is, and contrast the number of legs with those of the millipede.
Why does each container hold only a single centipede? Don't open the jars unless you have a thing for extreme pain. Play around with the roly-polys. Oh, go ahead, it's cool. They won't bite. Watch the way they roll up into a ball when disturbed.
Not all isopods can do this, but rolling up into an armored ball is a great defensive tactic. Compare our teeny tiny terrestrial version with the enormous preserved marine isopods. Look at the live brine shrimp, hermit crabs and fiddler crabs. Treat them gently more pets. Watch the way they use their legs, including the modified legs that form their mouthparts. You may see the male fiddler crabs raise their large claw and wave it about to claim a territory inside the tank, in the hopes of attracting a mate Can you blame them?
Observe the live crayfish. What does the crayfish do when it feels threatened? How does it use its swimmerets when it is stationary? Observe the diversity in insect mouthparts etc. Don't worry about being able to identify the individual slides. Try to get a feel for the way modified legs are employed in these animals for a wide variety of sucking, sponging, piercing and biting.
Observe the insects on display.
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