Question

Describe a potrayal or influence of arthropods on popular culture.

Answer 1

• Arthropodes belong to the Animalia Kingdom and they constitute almost 90%
• They are spiders, insects, centipedes, mites, ticks, lobsters, crabs, shrimp, crayfish, krill, barnacles, scorpions and many, many others
• Features: 1) They have a Segmented body 2) They possesses many jointed leg/limbs 3) Has an exoskeleton 4) Arthropods are invertebrates they do not have a backbone   5) They are cold-blooded as their body temperature depends on the temperature of the environment surrounding them
• Subphylum Chelicerata
  • Class Merostomata (horseshoe crabs, eurypterids)
  • Class Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
  • Class Arachnida (spiders, ticks, mites)
• Subphylum Crustacea
  • Class Remipedia
  • Class Cephalocarida
  • Class Branchiopoda (fairy shrimp, water fleas)
  • Class Maxillopoda (ostracods, copepods, barnacles)
  • Class Malacostraca (isopods, amphipods, krill, crabs, shrimp)
• Subphylum Uniramia
  • Class Chilopoda (centipedes)
  • Class Diplopoda (millipedes)
  • Class Insecta (all of the insects including ants, bees, beetles and butterflies)
• Arthropods are propitious for food that human beings eat especially through the pollination of crops. Bees are one of the major plant pollinators and they also produce honey.
• Arthropods like Crab, lobster, shrimp are part of the human  diet
• Many cultures traditionally consume insects because they are known for high protein
• The blood of the horseshoe crab, an arthropod contains a clotting agent which is used in testing antibiotics and to detect spinal meningitis and some types of cancers.
• They help maintain ecosystem sustainability by biologically suppressing destructive arthropods
• They also play an important role in mythology and religion.
• They can act as vectors and can also transmit diseases.
• Many of the arthropods are used for genetical study and advancements in biology such as Drosophila Melanogaster
• Instead of pesticides, spider venom can be used which is least polluting.
• Mexican red rump is used for the generation of medicines for diabetes
• Arthropods are used to maintain soil fertility.
• They also play an important role in arts, music and literature