2. SUBPHYLUM TRILOBITOMORPHA
• Trilobites
• Diverse group of marine invertebrates who lived during the 500 -250
million years ago.
• Well preserved fossil record. (Why?)
• Ancestor to modern arthropods
3. SUBPHYLUM CHELICERATA
• Class Merostomata – Horseshoe Crabs
• Class Arachnida – Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks
• Class Pycnogonida – Sea Spiders
4. SUBPHYLUM CHELICERATA
• No antenna
• Two body segments (cephalothorax, abdomen)
• First pair of appendages (chelicera) adapted for feeding
• Second pair of appendages (pedipalps) to hold prey
• Book lungs/book gills for respiration
• Four pairs of walking legs
5. SUBPHYLUM MANDIBULATA
• Class Myriapoda
• Order Chilopoda (Centipedes)
• Order Diplopoda (Millipedes)
• Class Insecta
• Subclass Apterygota (Wingless Insects)
• Subclass Pterygota (Winged Insects)
• Class Crustacea
• Subclass Malacostraca (Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp, Woodbugs)
• Subclass Cirripedia (Barnacles)
• Subclasses Ostracoda, Copepod (Planktonic Crustaceans)
6. SUBPHYLUM MANDIBULATA
• Head appendages are modified as mandibles for chewing or grinding.
• Class Myriapoda
• Order Chilopoda (Centipedes)
• One pair of walking legs per segment
• Flat body, fast moving
• Some poisonous
• Carnivores
• Order Diplopoda (Millipedes)
• Two pairs of walking legs per segment
• Round body, slow movers
• Herbivores
7. SUBPHYLUM MANDIBULATA
• Class Insecta
• Three pairs of walking legs (uniramous)on thorax
• One pair or antenna
• Three body segments
• May have wings (only flying invertebrates)