Arthropod

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title: Arthropod
text: Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (metameric) segments, and paired jointed appendages. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. They form an extremely diverse group of up to ten million species. Haemolymph is the analogue of blood for most arthropods. An ar
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description: Phylum of invertebrates with jointed exoskeletons
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod
date created: 2001-03-27T08:31:42Z
date modified: 2024-09-11T02:55:40Z
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