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The following are images from various arthropod-related articles on Wikipedia. Image 1 Eggs of Potamon fluviatile , a freshwater crab Image 2 Ghost crab, showing a variety of integument types in its exoskeleton, with transparent biomineralization over the eyes, strong biomineralization over the pincers , and tough chitin fabric in the joints ...
A compound eye is a visual organ found in certain arthropods. The compound eye consists of between 12 and 1,000 ommatidia, little dark/bright sensors. The image perceived by the arthropod is "recalculated" from the numerous ommatidia which point in slightly different directions. In contrast to other eye types, there is no central lens or retina.
Arthropod eyes Head of a wasp with three ocelli (center), and compound eyes at the left and right. Most arthropods have sophisticated visual systems that include one or more usually both of compound eyes and pigment-cup ocelli ("little eyes"). In most cases, ocelli are only capable of detecting the direction from which light is coming, using ...
An intriguing arthropod ancestor. The 3D scans revealed two nearly complete specimens of Arthropleura that lived 300 million years ago. Both fossilized animals still had most of their legs, and ...
Millipedes (originating from the Latin mille, "thousand", and pes, "foot") [1] [2] are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments ...
Pages in category "Lists of arthropods" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Many pictures of arthropods have been selected as picture of the day, since the introduction of POTD in March 2005. Leafhopper 11/08/2007: Cleridae 14/08/2007:
As arthropods colonized land before vertebrates, they had access to new resources that favored their diversification, and some species could gain gigantic sizes," Lhéritier said.