Unit 8:  Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods I and II)

1.  List and briefly describe the characteristics shared by the Phylum Annelida and the Phylum Arthropoda and which seem to relate the two phyla.
2.  Describe the general anatomy, functioning and value of the unique appendages of arthropods.
3.  List and briefly describe the usefulness and disadvantages of the chitin exoskeleton of arthropods including its contribution to muscle efficiency.
4.  Give the name of the type of segmentation in arthropods and explain how this is an advantage over the situation displayed in the annelids.
5.  State the function of  gills, book lungs, trachaea and malphighian tubules and relate each of these to the general habitat of the arthropods which possess these organs.
6.  Describe the advances over previous phyla of the arthropod nervous system including the nature of and value of instincts.
7.  List the groups of animals in the four subphyla of the Phylum Arthropoda.
8.  State the embryologic origin, location and function of chelicerae, pedipalps, mandibles and antennae and relate each of these organs to the kind of arthropods which have them.
9.  Discuss several beneficial as well as harmful aspects of members of the Phylum Arthropoda.
10.  Discuss metamerism and define tagmata.
11.  List and discuss several reasons contributing to arthropod success.
12.  Identify members of the arthropod classes by highlighting the number of legs and antennae each posses.
13.  Discuss the SubPhylum Chelicerata, specifically the Class Arachnida.  Highlight chelicerae, pedipalps, book lungs, and spiracles.
14.  Identify several types of webs used by spiders.
15.  State three other groups of organisms besides the arachnids that belong to the class Arachnida.
16.  Justify the claim that the Decapod class of the Subphylum Crustacea have the greatest direct impact on people.
17.  State two ways in which crustaceans differ from other arthropods.
18.  Discuss the endrocine system of the crustaceans.
19.  Detail and discuss the unique features of the crustacean digestive and respiratory systems.
20.  Discuss the arthropod nervous system in general and detail the advancements in the development of the eye.
21.  List three classes of the subphylum Uniramia and give examples of each.
22.  List several features of the class Insecta that differentiate it from other members of the arthropod phylum.
23.  Discuss the direct and indirect (synchronous and asynchronous) mechanisms of flight in the insects.
24.  Discuss the origins of flight in the insects and also discuss what this has allowed insects to do.
25.  Discuss three types of metamorphosis displayed by insects.
26.  Describe the selective advantage of complete metamorphosis.
27.  Describe the structure and function of malphighian tubules and tell why this type of excretory organ aids in adaptation to dry-land habitats.
28.  List the main kinds of stimuli to which insects respond instinctively and the sense organs used to receive these stimuli; give specific illustrations of instincts triggered by these stimuli.
29.  Distinguish between hormones and pheromones, and give specific illustrations of the function of each.
30.  Analyze the ways in which different insect species can affect crop production.
31.  Outline the life cycle and reproductive pattern of a colony of honeybees and describe the ways in which the body and instincts of honeybees are modified to suit their ecological niche.

Resources:  Text:  Animal Diversity, Chapter 12
Internet Resources:
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/arthropoda.html
    http://www.perspective.com/nature/animalia/arthropoda.html
    http://www.uio.no/~mostarke/forens_ent/forensic_entomology.html
    http://www.public.iastate.edu/~entomology/ReesourceList.html
    http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/InsectsAs Food.html
    http://www.mhhe.com/hickmanad4e

Phylum Arthropoda

-nearly 1 million species recorded (3X more than all other species combined),
    # of species staggering!

-Estimates: 200 million insects for every living individual if all died they could
    cover the entire surface of the earth one inch thick
*Extremely successful group

Effects on Humanity:  Quite possible that if the arthropods were gone,
    we  would be as well

BENEFITS:  -link in food chain
                        -pollination, most seed plants would not exist, ~65% insect pol.
                        -human food, specifically crustaceans, several million pounds annually
                            from Gulf of Mexico alone (primarily shrimp)
                        -silk
                        -spider silk can be stronger than steel of the same gauge.
                        -insectivorous arthropods help control insect pests Ex. lady bugs
                        -soil dwelling arthropods scavengers and decomposers
                        -Esthetic and psychological
                            Butterflies- art, literature
                            Scarab Beetle- sacred in anchient Egypt

HARM:     *Ticks, mites, mosquitoes, fleas, lice; look upon people, their pets and
                        livestock as just  another meal (parasitic larva can also be involved)

                    -painful bites of stings in self-defense, more people die of bee and
                        scorpion stings than   by snakebite (or shark attacks!)

                        *Black Widow- neurotoxin, attacks CNS
                        *Brown Recluse- hemolytic, produces death of tissues and skin
                            surrounding bite

                    *vectors of disease:  Tick- Lyme disease, Rocky Mt. Spotted fever;
                        Mosquito- malaria, yellow fever, viral encephalitis, filarial worms
                            (tsetse flies ---> trypanosoma; rat fleas ---> bubonic plague)

                    -destroy wooden structures; termites, boring crustaceans
                    *crops and ornamental plants destroyed
                    -stored grains

ANIMALS TO BE COVERED:
    PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
        SubPhylum Chelicerata
            Class Arachnida- scorpions, ticks, spiders, harvestmen
        SubPhylum Crustacea- crabs, lobster, shrimp, barnacles, crayfish
        SubPhylum Uniramia
            Class Diplopoda- millipedes
            Class Chilopoda- centipedes
         **Class Insecta

ARTHROPOD GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
    1. Bilateral symmetry, metamerism
          tagmata- fused segments (Ex. Head and Thorax in crayfish --->cephalothorax)
                Head, Thorax, Abdomen (heteronomous )
 **2. Jointed appendages

    3. Exoskeleton (chitin); Molting (Ecdysis)
    4. Complex muscular system
            Striated ---> movement
            Smooth ---> visceral organs   *Both attach to exoskeleton

    5. Complete digestive system, specialized mouth parts
    6. Open circulatory system w/ contractile heart, hemoglobin/hemocyanin

    7. Respiration varied; body surface, gills, trachae, booklung (Arachnids)
    8. Excretion:  similar to annelid system
          Green Glands (antennal) in crayfish
          Malphigian tubules (insects and arachnids)

    9. Nervous system: similar to annelid w/ some advanced sensory

    10. Usually dioecious, usually internal fertilization
            Oviparous- devel of eggs outside female
          Ovoviviparous- eggs devel inside female w/o additional nourish.
           *Metamorphosis- change in form during development
          Parthenogenesis- development w/o fertilization

REASONS FOR SUCCESS:
    1. Adaptations/advances allow them to inhabit any environment, perform any function
            ecologically.

     2. Exoskeleton- cuticle secreted by epidermis, protective, mouth parts (mandible),
            sensory organs (setae), wings; chitin

        -growth does not include cuticle, therefore, Molting (Ecdysis)

    3.  ***Jointed Appendages
            -locomotion/food handling-  allows movement away from adverse conditions, allows
                greater  chance of survival, adaptation

    4. Air directly to cells and tissues (tracheae), maintenance of high metabolism.

    5. Highly developed sensory organs
            -compound eyes, receptors for smell, touch, "hearing"
            -receptors allow them to be "in touch" with surroundings

    6. Reduced competition through Metamorphosis ; adult eats differently than juvenile,
            less intraspecies competition

    7. Complex behavior patterns
        -Instinctual (innate)- major agent in determining behavior
            Ex. migration, avoidance of light, etc.
        -learned behavior- social behavior (bees/ants)
        -not capable of Insight Learning (when faced with new problems, cannot reorganize
            memories to construct new response)
    8. Flight- wings from cuticle, expose insects to whole new arena

Phylum Arthropoda
    SubPhylum Chelicerata-  six pairs of appendages
            -1st pair Chelicerae, most anterior (pinchers, "jaws", fangs)
                Bite and poison prey  (no mandible, no chewing, obtain food by sucking)
            -2nd pair- Pedipalps (=palps) slightly behind chelicerae, resemble legs.  Males use
                enlarged end  of pedipalp as copulatory organ
            -3rd- 6th pair-  Walking legs

        Class Arachnida: spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen
            Segmentation (tagmata): cephalothorax, abdomen
            -Spiders; no external segmentation, ceph joined to abdo by  pedicel (waist)

            -Predaceous- fangs on chelicerae conduct poison; digestive fluids injected into prey

RESPIRATION- Book Lung unique to spiders (air pockets extending into blood filled
    chamber, air enters through lung slits

    Trachea- air tubes take air directly to tissues, air enters through spiracles

EXCRETION- Malphigian tubules
        -solutes and waste products diffuse into tubules that drain fluid "urine" into intestine
        **very similar to nephridia

        -rectal glands reabsorb some solutes and recycle, conserve fluids

SENSORY- eight simple eyes w/lens and retina, detects motion, a few can form images

        Sensory Setae- sense air currents, changing tensions, vibrations allows spider to
            judge size or messages being relayed

        Webs- spinnerets w/ microscopic tubes run to silk glands.  Protein secretions harden
            upon exposure to air.  Webs for trapping, sperm and egg sacs, bridge lines, nursery

            Orb web-  typical round web
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

            Sheet web- flat mats found on ground

            Funnel web- acts as nest, "funnels" prey; common in tall grasses in this area
                (also in yards, gardens, porches, etc.)

          Triangle web- between twigs
 
 
 
 
 

          Tangle web- untidy web, usually found on ceilings,"cob webs"

REPRODUCTION
    -male spins web, deposits sperm, then picks it up and stores in pedipalp
    -pedipalp inserted into female genital opening and into seminal receptical
    -usually a courtship ritual, tapping on webs
    -female lays eggs in silk cocoon
    -young molt several times to adult **no metamorphosis
 

Scorpions- very short cephalothorax
        2 abdominal segments
            -post abdominal stinging apparatus (neurotoxin)
            -few lethal, however, a number of those are located in Arizona and New Mexico

Harvestmen- daddy long legs
        -no pedicel (waist)
        -abdomen shows external segmentation
        -can do without one or more legs
        -scavengers

Ticks and Mites- ectoparasites
        -cephalothorax and abdomen fused
        -attachment to vert. or invert., suck blood until distended then drop off to digest
        -disease vector

        Mites- scab mite- sheep, loss of wool
            Sarcoptes- mange in dogs
        chiggers

Subphylum Crustacea (shelled) - crayfish, lobster, shrimp, crab
    *includes mostly aquatic (and mostly marine), one order terrestrial (pill bugs- Isopods)

    Crustaceans differ from other arthropods in two ways:
        1. 2pr of antenna; all others one or none
        2. Biramous appendages (primitive condition)
            -basal protopod from which an endopod and exopod arise
            -condition seen in some appendages of present day adults

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
    1. Specialized respiratory organs --->gills
    2. Lack Malphigian tubules
    3. 16-20 segments: -increased tagmatazation
        -major tagma; head, thorax, abdomen; in crustaceans this varies but most commonly
        cephalothorax/abdomen

    4. Carapace- protective exoskeleton

Class Malacostraca- largest crustacean class (shrimp, lobster. . . )  ("soft shell")  13 orders
**most common for us: Isopoda- pill bugs
                                        Decapoda - 5pr legs, first is chelae, pinchers,  (cray., lobster)

    Appendages:        1st antenna (uniramous)
                                    2nd antenna (uniramous)
                                    3rd-5th, mouth, maxillae, food handlers
                                        3rd pair mandibles- chewing grinding
                                        5th scaphognathite- (bailer), circulate water
                                    6th-8th, maxillipeds
                                    9th-13th, pereiopods, adapted for walking,
                                        1st pair are cheliped (pincher)
                                    14th-18th, swimmeretes
                                    19th uropods, telson bears anus

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM- ecdysis (molting)
    -endocrine functions closely tied to nervous function
    -neurosecretory tissues

        X-organ- located in eye stalk
        Y-organ- located at base of maxillae
            **both control ecdysis
        molt occurs most frequently in juvenile stages

        X-organ produces molt inhibiting hormone: Target, Y-organ
        Y-organ releases ecdysone which leads to molting

        *certain conditions control release, usually complex and species specific:
            include nutritional state, temp., and photoperiod

        *Androgenic glands- in cephalothorax of males (females never mature)

            -promote development of testes and male characteristics
            -removal of androgenic gland ---> male develops female char.
            -androgenic gland into female ---> develop male charac.

        Other functions controlled by hormones:
            -development of brooding structures in females
            -seasonal regulation of ovarian function
            -regulation of heart rate (eye stalk hormones)
            -regulation of color (eye stalk hormones)

DIGESTION
    Predaceous and filter feeders, scavengers
        2part stomach
            1st- cardiac stomach- large contains gastric mill which grinds up food
            2nd- pyloric stomach- filters smaller particles into intestine

       Digestive gland ---> empties digestive enzymes into stomach
 

RESPIRATION
        Gills -located in branchial gill chamber
            -separated from main body cavity by lateral body wall, protected by     carapace

            -attached to bases of appendags, aids in ventilation
            -bailer drives water through chamber

CIRCULATION
    -open system w/heart
    -blood into sinuses, circulated by body movements
    -clotting agent prevents loss of blood

NERVOUS SYSTEM- annelid type; dorsal brain- ventral nerve cord
        -ganglia from nerve cord in each segment
        -sensory organs well developed
        -compound eye (similar to insect) detect motion, polarized light  bright vs. dim

            *in crustaceans located on eye stalk
            *visual field can be as large as 200o arc (no eye movement)
            *crayfish have from 25-15,000 ommatidia

              ommatidia- fused, outer surface of each is a lens, below lens ---> crystalline
                    cone lens and cone gathers light

              rhabdom- convert light energy to nerve impulse
                   pigment cells- prevent light striking one rhabdom from reflecting into
                        adjacent ommatidium

              statocysts- base of first antenna, contains setae, provides info regarding
                    movement, orientation w/ respect to gravity and vibrations

REPRODUCTION- (widely varied)
    -w/ exception of barnacles, crustaceans are dioecious, eggs generally hatch into
        juvenile that resembles adult (crayfish)

    -Nauplius larva- primitive larval form which must molt several times before assuming
            adult form

    -mating occurs after female molts, male deposits non-flagellated
             sperm near female gonadoducts, eggs fertilized as they are shed.
 

Subphylum Uniramia - contains insects
    Class Chilopoda- centipedes
    Class Diplopoda- 2prs of legs per segment, millipedes

        *hydrogen cyanide repellent, usually caustic to organism
        -not stored as hydrocyanide, precursor united w/enzyme as it is expelled from body.
        -increases chances of predator dropping and never messing w/one of those again!

ENTOMOLOGY- Study of Insects

    Class Insecta- largest and most successful arthropod class
        -three tagmata; head, thorax, abdomen
        -abdominal appendages missing or reduced

        -one pr. antenna
        -respiration by body surface, tracheal systems, gills in aquatic larva

        -3 pr. of legs and usually 2pr of wings (varied)
        -highly adaptable- flight, well protected egg, water extraction and retention

        **evolution of flight maybe most important adaptation

        -locomotion- walking, running (cockroach up to 5 km/hr), jumping (flea, cocked leg,
            muscle release, jump ~100X its own length.  If humans could do that we could long
            jump ~600 ft.!!!)

    FLIGHT
        origins- wings from flaps originally used to protect legs and spiracles.  Later used to
            glide from top of tall plants to  forest floor.  Ability to flap, tilt and fold back came later

       Direct (synchronous flight mechanism)

            -downward thrust of wing due to muscles acting on the base of the wing
            -upward due to muscles attaching dorsally and ventrally on the exoskeleton

        Indirect (asynchronous flight mechanism)

            -muscles act to change shape of exoskeleton for both upward and downward
                strokes
            -upward- dorsal/ventral contract (longitudinal relax)

            -downward- longitudinal contract (dorsal/ventral relax)

            Asynchronous because there is no one to one correspondance between nerve
                impulse and wing beat.

    NUTRITION AND DIGESTION

        -mouth parts: biting/chewing; piercing/sucking; sponging
        -digestive system past mouth somewhat similar to previous groups

        *foregut (mouth/salivary glands) --->esophagus ---> crop ---> gizzard ---> midgut
                (stomach, gastric ceca) ---> hind gut (intestine, anus)

            Phytophagous- feeding on plant juices and tissues
            Saprophagous- feed on dead

            Predaceous
            Parasitic- fleas, lice

            Insects parisitized by other insects- Hyperparasitism

    GAS EXCHANGE- tracheal system, spiracles- openings to outside of body, trachea
        are tubes  that carry oxygen to tissues requiring oxygen, efficient system w/no
        respiratory pigments

    EXCRETION- malphigian tubules , organs that excrete metabolic wastes in form of
        urine   while conserving body fluids

    REPRODUCTION- one reason for their success is their high reproductive potential.
            Reproduction in terrestrial environments is risky

        Requires highly evolved coplatory structures; requires mechanism to bring male and
            female together at appropriate times

        -internally controlled by endocrine system and reproductive organs

        -externally controlled by quantity and quality of food, photoperiod, population density,
            temp., humidity

        -stimuli- tactile, pheromones, visual, auditory

Metamorphosis

    -development in egg can lead to differing results from the adult plan

    -after birth (hatching) many insects will need to change from an immature larval form to
        something resembling adult

    -post embryonic development differs widely in insects; stages between molts = instars,
        # of   instars generally species specific

    1. Ametabolous insects- no metamorphosis, hatch directly from egg to a form
            resembling miniature adult

            Stages: egg ---> juvenile ---> adult

            Silverfish, springtails

    2. Hemimetabolous (Paurometabolous) insects- gradual or imcomplete metamorphosis

            -young emerge from egg generally resembling adult but with a disproportionatly
            large head and w/o wings

            Emergent form ---> nymph
            -In grasshoppers 5 molts (instars) from nymph to adult w/ gradual development of
                wings and proportionate devel. of head and body

            Stages: egg ---> nymph ---> 5 instars ---> adult

            Grasshoppers, cicada, cockroach

            **aquatic hemimetabolous are adapted to aquatic way of life, emerge as naiads
                w/ gills and no wings

            Dragonflies, mayflies

    3. Holometabolous insects (complete metamorphosis) ~88% of all insects

            -separate and distinct physiological stages
            -growth stage (larva), differentiation stage (pupa), reproductive stage (adult)

            **none of these stages compete with each other for resources
            Therefore, less competition, greater chance of survival

            Stages: egg ---> hatches into wormlike, segmented larva.

            Larva feeds, grows and undergoes several molts, final molt
            transforms into --->

           Pupa; stationary, non-feeding. Appears externally to be inactive, however,  internally
            radical changes taking place.

            Groups of undifferentiated cells (embryonic cells called imaginal discs) resume
                development

            When adult fully formed case is ruptured and adult emerges

            EX. beetles, flies, bees/wasps, butterflies / moths (crysalis vs. cocoon)

       Diapause- period of dormancy to avoid periods of unfavorable conditions

COMMUNICATION
        Mechanical: -sound production/reception

                              -visual signals (bioluminescence) species specific flashing patterns,
                                luciferin/luciferase reaction

                              -tactile- tapping, antenna

        Chemical:     Pheromones - chemicals released by animals that cause behavioral
                    or physiological changes in another member of the same species.

                1.  sex pheromones- Excite or attract members of opposite sex; accelerate
                        or retard sexual maturation
                2.  caste regulating pheromones - used by social insects to control the
                        development of individuals in a colony

                    Ex. the amount of "Royal jelly" fed to a female bee larva determines whether
                        it will be a queen or a worker.

                3.  aggregation pheromones - produced to attract individuals to feeding or
                        mating sites.

                4.  alarm pheromones - warn other individuals of danger; may elicit an attack
                        or flight

                    Ex. when one is stung by a bee others are alarmed and likely to attack

                5.  trailing pheromones - laid down by foraging insects to help others locate food
                        (ants)

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR- usually different members of a colony are specialized for performing
                different tasks
        -highly developed in bees, ants, wasps, termites
        -each kind of individual belongs to a caste; often three different castes present:
            1. Reproductive females ---> queen

            2. male/female workers, involved in support, protection and maintenance of a colony

            3. Reproductive males ---> drones

        Castes regulated by pheromones released by queen

        Social behavior includes concepts of altruism and kin selection

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