arthropod: References & Edit History
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- Circulatory systemArthropoda
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- exoskeleton
- IntegumentArthropods
- muscleArthropods
- nervous systemArthropods
- Animal reproductive systemArthropods
- Animal reproductive systemProvisions for the developing embryo
- skeletonCrystals
- skeletonSkeletomusculature of arthropods
Additional Reading
Introductory texts include Robert D. Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed. (1987); Vicki Pearse et al., Living Invertebrates (1987); Richard S. Boardman, Alan H. Cheetham, and Albert J. Rowell (eds.), Fossil Invertebrates (1987); Alfred Kaestner, Invertebrate Zoology, vol. 2 and 3, trans. from German and adapted by Herbert W. and Lorna R. Levi (1968–70); “Arthropoda,” in Sybil P. Parker (ed.), Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2 (1982), pp. 71–728, taxonomic classifications; and Friedrich Schaller, Soil Animals (1968; originally published in German, 1962). Advanced treatments of arthropod characteristics include Kenneth U. Clarke, The Biology of the Arthropoda (1973), emphasizing the unity of functions among arthropods; Clyde F. Herreid II and Charles R. Fourtner (eds.), Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods (1981); Anthony C. Neville, Biology of the Arthropod Cuticle (1975), on the phylogeny, physical properties, and physiology of cuticle; and J. Bereiter-Hahn, A.G. Matoltsky, and K. Sylvia Richards (eds.), Biology of the Integument (1984), vol. 1, Invertebrates, with several chapters on the arthropod integument. Opposing viewpoints on the evolution of arthropods are presented by H. Bruce Boudreaux, Arthropod Phylogeny with Special Reference to Insects (1979), favouring a monophyletic or single-ancestor origin; and S.M. Manton, The Arthropoda: Habits, Functional Morphology, and Evolution (1977), taking a polyphyletic origin.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Arthropoda. | Nov 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State University - General Entomology - The Arthropods. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Added an interactive of arthropod diversity. Modernized language throughout. | Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Mentioned the number of animal species described by science. Added top questions. | Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UC Museum of Paleontology Understanding Evolution - The Arthropod Story. | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Arthropods: Developmental diversity within a (super) phylum. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - A Vertebrate Looks at Arthropods. | Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - Genome Biology - Gene content evolution in the arthropods. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - The Phylogeny and Evolutionary History of Arthropods. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Arthropoda. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Princeton University - Introduction to the Arthropods. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - General Biology - Phylum Arthropoda (in Superphylm Ecdysozoa). | Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Concepts of Biology - Flatworms, Nematodes, and Arthropods. | Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Complex animals: Annelids & arthropods. | Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Introduction to the grasslands and grassland arthropods of Canada. | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawaii - Exploring Our Fluid Earth - Phylum Arthropoda. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Arthropoda. | Apr 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Arthropods. | Dec 02, 2022 | ||
| Removed photograph. | Jul 24, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Sep 22, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 20, 2020 | ||
| Revised geologic time boundaries and the estimated number of insects. Added cross-references throughout. | Oct 20, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian Museum - What are arthropods? | Feb 12, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 11, 2019 | ||
| Added mention of Phryganistria chinensis, one of the longest known insects. | May 13, 2016 | ||
| Changed Pharnacia serratipes to Phobaeticus serratipes. | Jan 26, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Globio - Glossopedia - Arthropod. | Oct 27, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Arthropod. | Oct 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Arthropod. | Oct 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Earth-Life Web - Arthropod. | Oct 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tulane University - Arthropod. | Oct 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Arthropods. | Oct 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Corner - What is an Arthropods? | Oct 20, 2013 | ||
| In Evolution and paleontology section, added mention of specimens of plant-feeding mites from the Triassic Period that were preserved in amber. | Sep 05, 2012 | ||
| Updated the size range section concerning the maximum weight of arthropods. | Mar 03, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Introduction to the Arthropoda. | Jun 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Arthropod. | May 30, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 05, 1998 |