arthropod

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Many species of bees and other arthropods will have been lost long before they ever even make it onto the endangered species list.

From Washington Post

That leaves plenty of seed that can self-sow, or be eaten by birds, and preserves an overwintering habitat in the leaf litter for arthropods.

From Seattle Times

The primary carnivores of this ecosystem were an extinct family of arthropods called radiodonts, named for their toothy, circular jaws.

From New York Times

To get a close-up of arthropod “tools” such as ant mandibles, researchers mapped their atomic makeup using a microscopy technique called atom probe tomography.

From Science Magazine

Unlike a pig’s curlicue or a raccoon’s striped feather duster, a scorpion’s tail also contains the arthropod’s intestine and ventral nerve cord, the invertebrate equivalent of a human spinal cord.

From New York Times