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Water striders are classified as arthropods because of characteristics shared in common with other arthropods. It's important to remember the arthropod phylum (Arthropoda) is a very broad categorization of living things, characterized by jointed limbs, segmented bodies, and a hard exoskeleton. It includes all the insects. Water striders are considered "true bugs" or Hemiptera, along with aphids, shield bugs and leaf-hoppers; their order is classified below Insecta (the insect class).
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoNot all arthropods live in water; most crustaceans and horseshoe crabs and others do. Many live outside of an aquatic environment, like the Spiders. Even some crustaceans live on land, like the pill-bug or woodlouse.
The ones that do live in water might seem to do so for an apparently circular reason; they are best suited or adapted to an aquatic environment, for one of possibly many reasons, defense, reproduction, feeding strategy, etc; or perhaps one could argue selective pressure placed them in an aquatic environment; or that it was simply an consequence of arthropods' vast diversity.
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∙ 10y agoAll insects regardless of habitat are classified as arthropods owing to the physical characteristics: segmented bodies, an exoskeleton made from chitin, and joint appendages.
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Does the termites belong to the group of arthropods?
Yes, termites are insects (class Insecta) classified under Arthropoda (the arthropods).
What are some animals that are classifieds as arthropods?
Animals classified as arthropods would include the scorpion, the woodlouse, the coconut crab, the mosquito, the water-flea, krill, the botfly, the giant weta, and the Japanese spider-crab.
Why arent arthropods classified as producers?
In biological circles, the producers or autotrophs are plants and green algae, which capture energy from sunlight to produce their own food, or in other words capture carbon or carbon compounds into the food chain. By contrast, arthropods eat other organisms and are thus classified as heterotrophs, or consumers.
What two characteristics make a crayfish and arthropod?
Crayfish are classified as arthropods, because of their characteristic segmented bodies, chitinous exoskeleton, and joint appendages.
Is a bee a arthropod or mollusc?
Bumblebees are insects, and all insects are arthropods.
What kingdom are arthropods classified in?
Arthropods are classified in the animal kingdom (Animalia, or Metazoa).
How the water striders stay dry on water?
Water striders have tiny hairs on their feet that enables them to walk on the surface tension of water without getting wet.
How are arthropods classified?
Arthropods and members of other phyla are classified based on their apparent physical qualities. Arthropods are characterized by segmented bodies, an exoskeleton made from chitin, and joint appendages.
What are the insects that use their skin to walk across thd surface of the stream?
Insects that are able to walk across the surface of water are called water striders. Water striders make use of the high surface tension of water together with their long, hydrophobic legs to stay above water.
What attraction is important to water striders?
Surface tension is important to water striders because surface tension gives them the ability to float and not sink and drown.
What are the bugs called that glide across the water?
they are called water striders
Can spider swim?
yes they are called water striders!
Do water striders sleep?
yes all the time
Are lobsters spiders?
No, though both are classified as Arthropods.
Is there any way to walk on water?
Yes. Water Striders do it all the time.
Does the termites belong to the group of arthropods?
Yes, termites are insects (class Insecta) classified under Arthropoda (the arthropods).
Do arthropods have jointed appnedages?
Yes, phylum arthropoda (the arthropods) are defined and classified by virtue of this very characteristic, their jointed appendages.
