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Phenology of canopy arthropods of a tropical deciduous forest in western Mexico at The Big Canopy Database.
Biol 206 - Zoology Lecture Handout - Arthopods Phylum Arthropoda Overview: Most abundant and diverse of any group of animals on Earth; over 1,000,000 spp. known. Eucoelomate protostomes, organ-system level of development. Exoskeleton of chitin (nitrogenous polysaccharide).
We performed a cladistic analysis of 25 characters to determine how the chelicerates, crustaceans, and uniramids should be classified, possibly under 1 phylum, Arthropoda, or in 2 or more phyla.
1 PHYLUM ARTHROPODA (arthos = joint; poda = foot) The arthropods consist of the insects, millipedes, centipedes, Crustacea, and arachnids. This is an extremely successful group consisting of millions of species occupying nearly every niche within the environment.
Educator, Lisa Schwartz, ToL Learning Materials Editor; Entomologist Carl Olson, Associate Curator for the University of Arizona Department of Entomology and Entomologist Kim Franklin, PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Insect Science.
Arthropods are the most successful group of animals. Their success is measured by having the most species, producing the greatest numbers of offspring, occupying the most habitats, possessing terrific defenses, and being able to exploit new resources.
Description: Phylum Arthropoda, also referred to as Anthropods, is the largest phylum in Kingdom Animalia. There are over 1 million classified species of Arthropods. Even more astonishing is the estimated 50 million unknown species that exist today.