Species: arthropod
An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda, and include the insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.
Chelicerates
Crustaceans
Myriapods
Trilobites
Hexapods
Insects (incomplete)
- ant
- antlion
- bee
- beetle
- cicada
- cockroach
- earwig
- flea
- fly
- lepidopteran - winged insects with proboscises; butterflies, moths, etc.
- mantidfly
- mantis
- mosquito
- odonata - insects with long abdomens and 2 pairs of wings; dragonfly, damselfly, etc
- orthoptera - insects with cylindrical bodies and elongated hindlegs; grasshoppers, crickets, etc.
- phasmid (stick-bug)
- silverfish
- snakefly
- termite
- wasp
See also
Forum discussion
- forum #189186 - Arthropod discussion: insects, arachnids, crustaceans, etc. (Apr. 2016)
The following tags are aliased to this tag: bug, bugs, insectoid, anthropod (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: arthropod_taur, crustacean, insect, arachnid, myriapod, trilobite, arthropod_humanoid, anomalocarid, yanme'e, changeling, lepidopterran_(ben_10), indrel, horseshoe_crab, sea_spider (learn more).