Instead, insects are a subgroup within Arthropoda, a class called “Insecta,” that is characterized by six legs, two antennae and three body segments – head, abdomen and the thorax, which is the part ...

Other researchers had previously attempted to use gene expression assays to align the leg segments of the four major arthropod groups (arachnids, crustaceans, insects, and millipedes and centipedes) ...

researchers describe Excastra albopilosa as a striking arthropod adorned with whitish hairs, separated eye lobes, short antennal segments, and uniquely shaped legs. These features, researchers ...

This arthropod was identified as a four-inch long ... “it allowed for the development of additional segments and structures ...