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____________ organisms are primarily terrestrial, possess a cuticle-covered, segmented body, and have claw-like feeding appendages
- hexapod
- myriapod
- chelicerate
- crustacean
Following all are arthropods.
The answer is Chelicerates because Chelicerates are the organisms which are primarily terestrial,cuticle-covered, segmented body, and have claw like feeding appendages. There are 6 pairs of appendages in Chelicerates out of which 4 have a function of walking and 2 have a function of eating. They usually suck due to narrow gut through chelicerae.
On the another hand the Hexapoda have cuticle covering, primarily terrestrial, segmented body but they lack claw like feeding appendages . The appendages are primarily used in waking that are 6 pairs in number in Hexapoda
Myriapods have cuticle , they are primarily terrestrial, have segmented body but they lack claw like feeding appendages.
Crustaceans are primarily aquatic so it can't be the answer. They have segmented body and cuticle but they lack claw like feeding appendages