Phylum Arthropoda

"jointed feet" animals

jointed appendages
segmented body
exoskeleton made of the structural polysaccharide called "chitin"
compound eye with individual units called omatidia
 

  Class Merostomata - horseshoe crab
  Class Arachnida - spiders, ticks, scorpions
  Class Crustacea - shrimp, crabs, crayfish, barnacles
  Class Diplopoda - millipedes   (2 pair of walking legs per body segment)
  Class Chilipoda - centipedes    (1 pair of walking legs per body segment)
  Class Insecta - insects  (3 pair of walking legs)
 
 

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