chelicera

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• The legs, pedipalps and chelicerae are pulled free from the skin with rhythmic movements until finally the spider pulls free.
• This is the tactic used by scorpions, another group of chelicerate predators.
• Some arachnid chelicerates are parasites, such as ticks and mites.
• The chelicerae (first appendages) may be clawed mouthparts or may be modified for piercing, as in ticks.
• After reaching maturity, deutonymphs find a plant or soft substrate, embed their chelicerae and transform into another inactive stage, which emerges as an adult in a few days. Arthropoda
• Arthropods have traditionally been divided into four classes: Trilobita, Chelicerata, Crustacea, and Uniramia.
• Whilst insects are defined as having three fused body sections, the chelicerates have two.
• However, a new report by Jager et al. suggests that that interpretation may be flawed, and that sea spider chelifores are actually homologous to the chelicerae of spiders. The Panda's Thumb: May 2006 Archives
• The Chelicerates include among their number both the tiniest (the microscopic Acari or mites) and the hugest (the giant Paleozoic Eurypterida) of all the Arthropoda.
• Major arthropod lines have long been recognized (insects, crustaceans, chelicerates, diplopods, chilopods, etc.), but the phylogenetic relationships among these groups remain controversial.