SPIDERS AND THEIR RELATIVES
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SPIDERS AND THEIR RELATIVES
• Chelicerates
• lack antennae
• 2 main classes
• Merotomata
• Horseshoe
crabs
• Arachnida
• Spiders, mites,
ticks, scorpions
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• Chelicerates have
mouthparts called
chelicerae
• Two body sections
• Nearly all have four pairs
of walking legs
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• Chelicerae
contain fangs
and are used
to stab and
paralyze prey.
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• Pedipalps are
longer than
the chelicerae
and are
usually
modified to
grab prey.
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• Horseshoe crabs
first appeared
more than 500
million years ago
and have
changed little
since that time.
• swimming
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SPIDERS
• Spiders capture
and feed on
animals ranging
from other
arthropods to
small birds.
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• All spiders produce
silk.
• Spiders spin silk into
webs, cocoons for
eggs, and wrappings
for prey.
• They do this by
forcing liquid silk
through spinnerets,
which are organs that
contain silk glands.
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MITES AND TICKS
• Mites and ticks are small
arachnids that are often
parasitic.
• Their chelicerae and
pedipalps are
specialized for digging
into a host’s tissues and
sucking out blood or
plant fluids.
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SCORPIONS
• Scorpions inhabit warm
areas around the world.
• Scorpions have pedipalps
that are enlarged into claws.
• Scorpions chew their prey