Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
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The advantages and disadvantages of the arthropod exoskeleton.
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Arthropods’ are animals, which possess an external skeleton (exoskeleton), segmented body parts, and appendages of other parts of the body. Arthropods can be divided into four major classes and they are such as the insects, arachnids, centipedes, and crustaceans.
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