Evaluate Basic External Animal Anatomy and Morphology - AgriSETA
Evaluate Basic External Animal Anatomy and Morphology - AgriSETA
Evaluate Basic External Animal Anatomy and Morphology - AgriSETA
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<strong>Evaluate</strong> <strong>Basic</strong> <strong>External</strong> <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Anatomy</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Morphology</strong>Primary Agriculture NQF Level 1 Unit St<strong>and</strong>ard No: 11617330We can distinguish five groups or classes of arthropods. There are more classes ofarthropods but they are not important for the purposes of this study.The following five groups are important <strong>and</strong> we will study two of them. The followingmain characteristics are mentioned for each of the five classes:Insecta(insects)Arachnida(spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites)Crustacea(crab, shrimp, rock lobster)Diplopoda(multipedes)Chilopoda(centipedes)Head, thorax <strong>and</strong> abdomenThree pairs of legsCephalothorax <strong>and</strong> abdomenFour pairs of legsCephalothorax <strong>and</strong> abdomenFive pairs of legsHead <strong>and</strong> bodyTwo pairs of legs per segmentHead <strong>and</strong> bodyOne pair of legs per segmentVersion: 01 Version Date: July 2006