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Friday, November 8, 2019

Phylum Arthropoda - Chart

     Phylum- Arthropod
Ex- Peripatus, Palaemon, Crab, Limulus, Scolopendra, Julus, Periplaneta

 

Peripatus
Kingdom         Animalia                      Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda                 Jointed appendages.
Class:               Onychophora              Exoskeleton absent, parapodia with claws
Genus              Peripatus         ,
Species             capensis
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Peripatus capensis
Characters

  1.  It is connecting link between annelid and arthropod.
  2.  Body is caterpillar like.
  3.  Body is segmented.
  4. Alimentary canal is straight.
  5. Presence of segmented antenna.
  6. Presence of Chitenous  jaw.
  7. Parapodia terminates into claws.


Palaemon, (Prawn)
Kingdom         Animalia          Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda     Jointed appendages.
Class                Crutacea          Head and thorax fused (cephalothorax).  
Order:              Decapoda        Presence of 10 pairs of appendages.
Genus  :           Penaeus
Species :          monodon
                                                                    Penaeus monodon
 Characters:   
  1.    It is freshwater as well as marine water.
  2.   Presence of 10 pairs of appendages. 
  3.  Eyes are stalked 
  4.  Head fused with thorax forming cephalothorax.
  5. Cephalothorax is covered by carapace. 
  6. Presence of telson and uropod.



Crab 



King crab (Lumulus)
Kingdom         Animalia          Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda     Jointed appendages.
Class                Merostomata   Aquatic form and compound eyes are well developed.
Order:              xiphosurida     prosoma coveed with horse shoe shaped carapace.
Genus              Limulus
 Species:           polyphemus    




                                                               Limulus polyphemus
 
 Characters.
1.      It is commonly called as King krab
                  2.      Body is divided into prosoma,  mesosoma  and metasoma.
3.      It is living fossil.
4.      Body is covered with carapace.
5.      6 pair of movable spins on mesoma.
6.      Respiratory organs are book lung.
7.      Presence of telson.
8.      Sexes are separate. 


Centipede (Scolopendra)
Kingdom         Animalia          Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda     Jointed appendages.
Class                Chilopoda       Body is divided into head and trunk.
Order:              scolopendromorpha     body elongated dorso- ventrally  flattened.  
Genus :            Scholopendra
Species:           subspinipes     
 

Scholopendra  subspinipes (Centiped)
Characters:
  Centipeds are 100 leggers.
  Body is segmented.
  Each segment has a pair of walking legs.
 1st five pairs are curved act as poison glands.
  Anus is in the last body segment.
 Presence of anal style.
 It is carnivorous. 

Millipede (Julus)
Kingdom         Animalia                      Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda                 Jointed appendages.
Class                Diplopoda                   two pairs of walking legs to each segment.
Order:              Julida                           Spinneretes absent in last segment.  
Genus:             Cylindroiulus
Species            :londinensis
 

                                                       Cylindroiulus londinensis (Millipede)

 Characters:
Commonly called as Julus.
It is also called 1000 leggers.
 Body is segmented.
  Each segment has two pairs of leg.
  Simple eyes.
 Antenna 7 segmented.
 Julus is herbivorous.
 
Periplaneta (Cockroach)


Kingdom         Animalia                      Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda                 Jointed appendages. 
Class                Insecta                        Three pairs of walking legs, tow pairs of wing 
Order            Blattodea 
Genus              Periplaneta              
Species            americana 






 Characteres :- 
It is originated from Mexico in America.
Body is divisible into head, neck, thorax and abdomen.
Presence of three pairs o walking legs.
presence of compound eyes.
Two pairs of wings
Malphigian tubules are excretory organ.
Feeds upon organic food material.
It is found noctournal.
Sexes are separate.
Indistinct sexual dimorphism.
 
  

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Scorpion
Kingdom         Animalia                      Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda                 Jointed appendages.
Class                Arachnida                   4 pairs of thoracic legs.
Order:              Scorpinoida                 Presence of sting apparatus.
Genus              Palamnaeus
Species            bengalensis
  
 Palamnaeus bengalensis (Scorpion)
Characters.
  1.  It is living fossil
  2. It is nocturnal animal. 
  3.    It has poisonous sting at its end. 
  4.    Body divisible into prosoma, mesosoma and metasoma
  5.    Chelacera are small.
  6.      Pedipalp is much larger.
  7.   Four pairs of walking legs.
  8.   Five pairs of lateral eyes
  9.   Respiratory organs are book lungs.
  10.  Scorpions is poisonous animal. 
  11.   Sexes are separate. 



Grasshopper
Kingdom         Animalia          Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda     Jointed appendages.
Class                Insecta             Body divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
Order:              Orthoptera       Prothorax large.
Genus:             Schistocerca
Species            gregarian 

 


                  

                                                     Schistocerca  gregarian  (Grass hopper) 

Characters:

1.      Thorax bears 3  pairs of walking legs.
2.      Two pairs of wings.
3.      Abdomen is segmented and cylindrical.
4.      Male has anal style.
5.      Female has ovipositor.
6.      It is serious crop pest.
7.      Sexes are separate.


Butterfly
Kingdom         Animalia          Eukaryotic, heterophic animal.
Phylum:           Arthropoda     Jointed appendages.
Class                Insecta             Body divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
Order               Lepidoptera     compound eyes are very large./
Genus :            Raphicera
Species:           satricus



  Raphicera  satricus (Butterfly)

Characters
  1.    Thorax bears 3  pairs of walking legs.
  2.   Two pairs of wings.
  3.     Abdomen is segmented and cylindrical.
  4.     Antennae shows terminals enlargement.
  5.     Wing are colourfull and attractive.
  6.      Metamorphosis is complete.
  7.      Larva is called catrpiller.
  8.      Sexes are separate.
 e-mannual by Dr. Vidhin Kamble 
Department of Zoology
Sangola College, Sangola

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