What're the differences between these two tags? They're both used, seemingly interchangeably, but neither have wiki pages.

Isn't chitin a substance that exoskeletons are often made of?

I know the definition. I'm asking what differentiates the tags on here, as I see a lot of posts that could be tagged with either, or are tagged with both.

Opilione said:
What're the differences between these two tags? They're both used, seemingly interchangeably, but neither have wiki pages.

Exoskeleton: is an external skeleton commonly found in arthropods as well as in some fictional species.

The tag should be used to the aforementioned structure.

Chitin: is a polymer commonmy found in arthropod exoskeletons.

The tag shouldn't be used, use 'exoskeleton' instead.

Okay. I thought it was something like that.

Given that chitin has over a hundred posts, should it just be aliased?

Opilione said:
I know the definition.

And I kinda didn't which is why I asked.

Opilione said:
I'm asking what differentiates the tags on here, as I see a lot of posts that could be tagged with either, or are tagged with both.

Can chitin be identified by sight alone if it isn't part of an exoskeleton?

Opilione said:
Okay. I thought it was something like that.

Given that chitin has over a hundred posts, should it just be aliased?

Probably. Chitin is also found in fungi cellular walls and mollusks beaks, radulae and internal shells, but I highly doubt that would be a real issue (apparently no one tags those with 'chitin').

BlueDingo said:

Can chitin be identified by sight alone if it isn't part of an exoskeleton?

Maybe if some funny one post its chemical formula or tag it to the cited body-parts, but I guess we shouldn't use the 'chitin' tag anyways.

BlueDingo said:
And I kinda didn't which is why I asked.

Sorry for my tone, then.

Anyways, not really.

I'll make an alias request, then