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arthropods
- Subject Category
- L Animal Science and Animal Products
- S Biological Sciences
- Definition
- Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class insects and the subclass Arachnida, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.
- Definition Source
- Medical Subject Headings
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/79.rdf
- Scope Note
- Includes common types of arthropods; For taxonomic classification SEE Arthropoda.
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/79
- Broader Term
- invertebrates
- Narrower Term
- aquatic arthropods
- beneficial arthropods
- hematophagous arthropods
- mites
- predatory arthropods
- soil arthropods
- spiders
- Related Term
- arthropod venoms
- Arthropoda
- hemocyanin
- shell (arthropods)
- Spanish
- artrópodos
- Term Number
- 79