What are Chelicerates?
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Chelicerates, also called subphylum Chelicerata, are a major subphylum of phylum Arthropoda, aka arthropods, the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, with over a million species recognized by science. Chelicerata includes somewhere between 10% and 30% of all arthropod species: mostly because mites are chelicerates, and the total estimated number of mite species is enormous, in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps even exceeding a million. Chelicerates are named for their chelicerae, specialized appendages used for feeding and manipulating food, in lieu of the chewing mandibles employed by other arthopod subphyla, such as Hexapoda (which includes insects). There are five major classes of chelicerates: Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, mites, etc.), Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs), Eurypterida (sea scorpions), Chasmataspidida (chasmataspids), and Pycnogonida (sea spiders). Of these, Eurypterida and Chasmataspidida are extinct, and Xiphosura, the horseshoe crab — considered a “living fossil” —
Chelicerates are named for the pair of feeding appendages in front of the mouth, called chelicerae. Members of this group lack antennae and have a body divided into two distinct portions: prosoma (head region) and opisthosoma (main body). Spiders, ticks, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs are familiar chelicerates. Less familiar chelicerates include the sea spiders (pycnogonids) and the extinct relatives of horseshoe crabs called sea scorpions (eurypterids). Eurypterids first appear in the Ordovician and were extinct by the Permian, while most of the chelicerates began to appear in the Devonian and are still around today.First known fossil occurrence: Ordovician.Last known fossil occurrence: Quaternary. This group has living relatives.
