Taxonomy
Arthropoda
EOL Text
Arthropoda preys on:
saprovores
Plantae
detritus
soil micropredators
Arthropoda
carcass
Sphaeromais
Clinotanypus
Guttipelopia
Corynoneura
Nanocladius
Cryptochironomus
Microtendipes
Paratendipes
Pseudochironomus
Xenochironomus
Eoparagyractis
Chaoborus punctipennis
Albabesmyia
Djalmabatista
Larsia
Macropelopis
Procladius
Chaetocladius
Cricotopus
Micropsectra
Paratanytarsus
Tanytarsus
Cladopelma
Endochrionomus
Glyptotendipes
Parachironomus
Polypedilum
Stenochironomus
Oligochaeta
Based on studies in:
USA: Alaska, Barrow (Tundra)
USA: California, Coachella Valley (Desert or dune)
USA: Wisconsin, Little Rock Lake (Lake or pond)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- J. Brown, The structure and function of the tundra ecosystem, U.S. Tundra Biome 1971 Progress Rept. 1 (1971).
- Polis GA (1991) Complex desert food webs: an empirical critique of food web theory. Am Nat 138:123155
- Martinez ND (1991) Artifacts or attributes? Effects of resolution on the Little Rock Lake food web. Ecol Monogr 61:367392
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Joints have two degrees of bending freedom: arthropods
The joints of some arthropods have two degrees of bending freedom (up-down and left-right) thanks to two 1-degree bending joints found at right angles to each other.
"Bending both up-down and left-right…Arthropods gain two degrees of bending freedom by putting two 1-degree bending joints next to each other, each oriented at a right angle to the other…The classic work on such cases was done by S.M. Manton, in the 1950s and 1960s; as put, with a long list of references, by Wainwright et al. (1976), 'The accounts of her researches in this field constitute a monument in the study of mechanical design of the most mechanically diverse group of organisms that have ever lived.'" (Vogel 2003:403)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Steven Vogel. 2003. Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 580 p.
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Cuticle provides protection: arthropods
The cuticle of arthropods provides rigid protection via its composite structure.
"What we're calling rigid materials includes a lot of familiar biological items. There's arthropod cuticle, a composite of chitin fibers in some proteinaceous material, with the addition of calcium carbonate salt in the larger crustaceans. In many instances, the fibers are arranged in sheets, each with a specific orientation, rather like plywood." (Vogel 2003:305)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Steven Vogel. 2003. Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 580 p.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records: | 3,072,263 | Public Records: | 2,139,615 |
Specimens with Sequences: | 2,456,708 | Public Species: | 74,557 |
Specimens with Barcodes: | 2,257,080 | Public BINs: | 258,038 |
Species: | 206,168 | ||
Species With Barcodes: | 159,943 | ||
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Arthropoda
Genomic DNA is available from 18 specimens with morphological vouchers housed at Florida Museum of Natural History and Raffles Museum, Singapore
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Genomic DNA is available from 1 specimen with morphological vouchers housed at Florida Museum of Natural History
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Genomic DNA is available from 1 specimen with morphological vouchers housed at British Antarctic Survey
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The Arthropod Story. Understanding Evolution. University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP).
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Rights holder/Author | Katja Schulz, Katja Schulz |
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