ARTHROPODA

ARTHROPOD

• Arthropods are in invertebrates
• They also have an exterior skeleton
• They are members of the phylum Arthropoda
• Their body is covered in a fibrous substance called chitin
• They will shed there chitin layer every now and than

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EXAMPLES OF ARTHROPODS

• Moths
• Flies
• Shrimp
• Spiders
• Crabs

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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS OF ARTHEOPODS

• A chitin covered jointed skeleton
• Their exoskeleton helps distinguish them