2. SUBPHYLUM TRILOBITOMORPHA
• Trilobites
• Diverse group of marine invertebrates who lived during the 500 -250
million years ago.
• Well preserved fossil record. (Why?)
• Ancestor to modern arthropods
3. SUBPHYLUM CHELICERATA
• Class Merostomata – Horseshoe Crabs
• Class Arachnida – Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks
• Class Pycnogonida – Sea Spiders
4. SUBPHYLUM CHELICERATA
• No antenna
• Two body segments (cephalothorax, abdomen)
• First pair of appendages (chelicera) adapted for feeding
• Second pair of appendages (pedipalps) to hold prey
• Book lungs/book gills for respiration
5. SUBPHYLUM MANDIBULATA
• Class Myriapoda
• Order Chilopoda
• Order Diplopoda
• Class Insecta
• Subclass Apterygota (Wingless Insects)
• Subclass Pterygota (Winged Insects)
• Class Crustacea
• Subclass Malacostraca (Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp, Woodbugs)
• Subclass