CLASSIFICATION
NINE COMMON ANIMAL PHYLA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Which is not an example of arthropods?
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crab
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grasshopper
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starfish
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spider
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cockroach, scorpion and prawn belong to the Phylum Arthropoda. Silverfish is a small wingless insect (Phylum Arthropoda). Starfish is an echinoderm .
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is (E). The nautilus is from the phylum Mollusca. You can tell that the nautilus is not an arthropod because it does not have an exoskeleton or paired, segmented legs, like crabs, trilobites, centipedes, and mites do.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many familiar species belong to the phylum Arthropoda-insects, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and millipedes on land; crabs, crayfish, shrimp, lobsters, and barnacles in water (Fig. 3.72). Arthropods are considered the most successful animals on Earth.
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