Arachnida by Isabelle Trickett https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi By Izzy, Maddie, Peony, Amy en-us 2020-02-10 12:10:12 UTC 2024-05-29 04:45:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f577.png Info har17465706 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442961161 Arachnida is a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals, in the sub-phylum Chelicerata. Spiders are the largest order in the class, which also includes scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen, and solifuges. In 2019, a molecular phylogenetic study also placed horseshoe crabs in Arachnida.]]> 2020-02-10 12:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442961161 Super Spider! pas17467233 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442961799 2020-02-10 12:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442961799 what we have to do pas17467233 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442964634
  • Important characteristics of organisms within your allocated Class. 
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    • ]]>     2020-02-10 12:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442964634     Unique abilities that spiders have: pas17467233 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442965426 - Able to shoot elaborate webs using silk form their abdomen, along with shooting it's sticky silk at its prey.
    - They can live underwater (only specific species can such as the diving bell spider)
    - Spiders can 'fly' over hundreds of miles, by floating after casting a thread that can be carried by the wind. 
    - Spiders can dance, jumping spiders are found in every continent apart form Antarctica. Dancing spiders actively hunt their prey, they are called dancing spiders as they have elaborate courtship dances ]]>     2020-02-10 12:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442965426     Species sin17469012 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442969360  Arthropod class includes over 60,000 described species. Spiders make up the majority of these over 50,000 described species with mites and ticks next largest around 48,200 species.
    Arachnids range in size from tiny mites that measure 0.08 mm to the much larger scorpion Hadogenes troglodytes of Africa, which may be 21 cm  or in cases even longer. In appearance, they vary from short-legged, round-bodied mites and pincer-equipped scorpions with curled tails to delicate, long-legged daddy long legs. ]]>     2020-02-10 12:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442969360     Giant Vinegaroon tri17470896 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442972913 Description
    Mastigoproctus giganteus, the giant whip scorpion, also called the giant vinegaroon or grampus, is a species of whip scorpions in the family Thelyphonidae.
    ]]>     2020-02-10 12:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442972913     Green lynx spider tri17470896 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442973688 Description
    Peucetia viridans, the green lynx spider, is a bright-green lynx spider usually found on green plants. It is the largest North American species in the family Oxyopidae. This spider is common in Jamaica.
    ]]>     2020-02-10 12:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442973688     Heliophanus flavipes tri17470896 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442974797 Description
    Heliophanus flavipes is a jumping spider species in the genus Heliophanus. It was first described by Carl Wilhelm Hahn in 1832 and is found in the Palearctic realm.
    ]]>     2020-02-10 12:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442974797     Huntsman spider tri17470896 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442975673 Description
    Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider and cane spider.
    ]]>     2020-02-10 12:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442975673     pas17467233 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442976552 2020-02-10 12:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442976552 Scorpion tri17470896 https://padlet.com/tri17470896/8ckysqt9elwi/wish/442976688 Description
    Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm / 0.3 in.
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