Loose Leaf For Integrated Principles Of Zoology
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781260411140
Author: Cleveland P Hickman Jr. Emeritus, Susan L. Keen, David J Eisenhour Professor PhD, Allan Larson, Helen I'Anson Associate Professor of Biology
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 1FFT
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To discuss: The reason spiders are called filter feeders despite being terrestrial organisms.
Introduction: Spiders are classified under the Order Araneae of the class Arachnida. The web-spinning species of spiders have two or three pairs of spinnerets in their abdominal segments and the abdominal silk glands.
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