Chapter 23 Web Links

Chapter 23 The Arthropods: Blueprint for Success

Arthropoda. Arizona's Tree of Life Web Page. Pictures, characteristics, phylogenetic relationships, references on arthropods. Links to specific arthropod groups.

Phylum Arthropoda. University of Michigan site describing arthropods. Links to chelicerates (merostomata, pycnogonida, arachnida), crustaceans (remipedians, cephalocarids, branchiopods, maxillopods, malacostracans), and uniramids (chilopodans, diplopodans, and insects). Each web link has pictures, descriptive material, links, references, and some have other web resources as well.

Phylum Arthropoda. (U. Minnesota). Information about arthropods, and links to various other related sites, including the crayfish dissection home page, and a cockroach dissection home page.

The Pet Arthropod Page. Information and links for those who keep arthropods as pets; also very useful for instructors who rear arthropods for classroom use.

Chelicerates

Introduction to the Cheliceramorpha. University of California at Berkeley Museum of Paleontology. Links to the fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics, and more on morphology. Each site typically includes at least one picture of a member of the taxon.

Arachnida. Arizona's Tree of Life Web Page. Pictures, characteristics, phylogenetic relationships, references on arachnids. Links to araneae, acari, scorpionida, and further links from these sites.

The Arachnology Home page. Lots of information on members of this group.

Lyme Disease. A CDC site with links to fact sheets, definitions, distribution within the US, public information, plus pictures of the ticks that transmit Lyme disease.

Horseshoe Crabs. Information from the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

The Pet Arthropod Page. Information and links for those who keep arthropods as pets; also very useful for instructors who rear arthropods for classroom use.

Crustaceans

Subphylum Crustacea: links to the classes Remipedia, Cephalocarida, Branchiopoda, Maxillopoda, and Malacostraca.

Crustacea. Arizona's Tree of Life Web Page. Pictures, characteristics, phylogenetic relationships, references on crustaceans. Links to remipedians, branchiopods, maxillopods, and malacostracans.

NetVet Resources–Invertebrates. More crustacean web links than you would have time for!

Crayfish Dissection Guide. A guide only, no photographs or diagrams, yet there is much material on taxonomy, and description of structure and function.

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