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Arthropods
Arthropods are animals that have jointed legs. Three-fourths of all the different animal types belong to this group. For each group below, determine the name of the group and provide 2-3 examples of members in that group.
| Class or Subphylum | Characteristics | Examples |
| round, segmented body two pairs of legs per segment also known as myriapods "thousand feet" |
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| flattened, segmented body one pair of legs per segment also known as myriapods "hundred feet" |
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| hard, flexible exoskeleton gills branched antennae two body sections - abdomen & celphalothorax mostly aquatic |
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| two body sections - abdomen & cephalothorax no antennae four pairs of legs chelicerae and pedipalps spinnerets |
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| three body sections one pair of unbranched antennae three pairs of legs mandibles |
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