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Chelicerata

NOUN
  1. spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs

How To Use Chelicerata In A Sentence

  • Hemocyanins have been studied thoroughly only in the Chelicerata and the malacostracan Crustacea, but they have been identified in all arthropod subphyla, including the Myriapoda and Hexapoda.
  • Hemocyanin is the only respiratory protein available to the Chelicerata and the Myriapoda, while in the Crustacea, either hemocyanin or hemoglobin occurs.
  • The chelicerate hemocyanin subunits are basal, consistent with the assumption that the Chelicerata is a rather distinct arthropod taxon.
  • Arthropods have traditionally been divided into four classes: Trilobita, Chelicerata, Crustacea, and Uniramia.
  • Generations of morphologists have been unable to determine the branching order of Chelicerata, Myriapoda, Crustacea and Insecta.
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