ARTHROPODA
Phylum Arthropoda is an extremely diverse group of species containing insects, crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes, millipedes. Phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum, with more species of arthropods than species in all other phylums combined. It is in fact the most diverse phylum out of any in the animal kingdom. Arthropods have an exoskeleton made up of chitin proteins to form a hard shell around the entirety of the organism's body. Arthropods also have segmented bodies that are fused together to create an integrated unit. |