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  2. Gastropoda - Wikipedia

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    The effects of torsion are primarily physiological. The organism develops by asymmetrical growth, with the majority of growth occurring on the left side. This leads to the loss of right-side anatomy that in most bilaterians is a duplicate of the left side anatomy.

  3. Respiratory system of insects - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic insects consume the stored air while under water or use it to regulate buoyancy. During a molt, air sacs fill and enlarge as the insect breaks free of the old exoskeleton and expands a new one. Between molts, the air sacs provide room for new growth—shrinking in volume as they are compressed by expansion of internal organs.

  4. Aquatic respiration - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic arthropods generally possess some form of gills in which gas exchange takes place by diffusing through the exoskeleton. Others may breathe atmospheric air while remaining submerged, via breathing tubes or trapped air bubbles, though some aquatic insects may remain submerged indefinitely and respire using a plastron. A number of insects ...

  5. Silverfish - Wikipedia

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    The silverfish is a nocturnal insect typically 13–25 mm (0.5–1.0 in) long. [3] Its abdomen tapers at the end, giving it a fish-like appearance. [4] The newly hatched are whitish, but develop a greyish hue and metallic sheen as they get older. [5] It has two long cerci and one terminal filament at the tip of the abdomen between the

  6. Discontinuous gas exchange - Wikipedia

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    The strolling arthropods hypothesis was a very early hypothesis for the evolution of discontinuous gas exchange cycles. [2] It was postulated that discontinuous gas exchange cycles and spiracles which close off the respiratory system , may in part do so to prevent small arthropod parasites such as mites and particulate matter such as dust from ...

  7. Isopoda - Wikipedia

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    Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species and terrestrial species such as woodlice.All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration.

  8. World’s largest arthropod lived 300 million years ago. Now ...

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    An intriguing arthropod ancestor. The 3D scans revealed two nearly complete specimens of Arthropleura that lived 300 million years ago. Both fossilized animals still had most of their legs, and ...

  9. Antenna (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    Paired, mobile, and segmented, they are located between the eyes on the forehead. Embryologically, they represent the appendages of the second head segment. [8] All insects have antennae, however they may be greatly reduced in the larval forms. Amongst the non-insect classes of the Hexapoda, both Collembola and Diplura have antenna, but Protura ...