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प्रश्न
Give an account on phylum Arthropoda.
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उत्तर
- Arthropoda is the largest phylum.
- The organisms have jointed legs.
- The body is segmented into head, thorax and abdomen.
- The exoskeleton is made up of chitin.
- The coelomic cavity is filled with haemolymph (blood).
- They do not have defined blood vessels. This is called open circulatory system.
- The insects shed the exoskeleton and this process is called moulting.
- Small Arthropods absorb oxygen through the body and larger aquatic species breathe through book gills.
- Land Arthropods breathe through a system of tiny body tubes called tracheae.
- Excretion occurs through malphigian tubules and through green glands in crabs and prawns. .
- Insects, spiders, crabs, shrimps, butterflies, millipedes, centipedes, and scorpions are some arthropods.
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