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Chapter 24, Problem 5RQ
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The advantages and disadvantages of the arthropod exoskeleton.
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The arthropods are the animals, which do not have acquire or evolve a vertebral column. The arthropods have an exoskeleton and the body segmented. The main characteristic feature of the arthropods is the presence of the dichotomized attached appendages.
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