Arthropoda

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Key features

The largest phylum. Jointed appendages and a chitin exoskeleton; head, thorax and abdomen; open circulatory system.

NCERT examples of Arthropoda (8)

ApisHoney beeArthropodaAn economically important insect.
BombyxSilkwormArthropodaAn economically important insect.
LacciferLac insectArthropodaAn economically important insect.
AnophelesMosquitoArthropodaA vector: spreads malaria.
CulexMosquitoArthropodaA vector: spreads filariasis.
AedesMosquitoArthropodaA vector: spreads dengue.
LocustaLocustArthropodaA gregarious pest.
LimulusKing crabArthropodaA living fossil.
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