Integuments of arthropoda are covered with

Integuments of arthropoda are covered with Correct Answer Chitinous cuticles

Explanation:

Arthropoda:

  • This is the largest phylum of Animalia which includes insects. Over two-thirds of all named species on earth are arthropods
  • They have an organ-system level of organisation. They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, segmented and coelomate animals
  • The body of arthropods is covered by a chitinous exoskeleton.

Other characters of Phylum Arthropoda are:

  • The body consists of the head, thorax and abdomen.
  • They have jointed appendages (arthros-joint, poda-appendages).
  • Respiratory organs are gills, book gills, book lungs or tracheal system.
  • The circulatory system is of open type. Sensory organs like antennae, eyes (compound and simple), statocysts or balancing organs are present.
  • Excretion takes place through malpighian tubules. They are mostly dioecious. Fertilisation is usually internal.
  • They are mostly oviparous. Development may be direct or indirect.
  • Economically important insects – Apis (Honey bee), Bombyx (Silkworm), Laccifer (Lac insect)
  • Vectors – Anopheles, Culex and Aedes (Mosquitoes)
  • Gregarious pest – Locusta (Locust)
  • Living fossil – Limulus (King crab).

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নিচের কোনটি Arthropoda পর্বের বৈশিষ্ট্য? (Which one of the following is a characteristic of phylum Arthropoda?)
Origin of integuments are _____