NALT

Preferred term

arthropods

Organism

Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class insects and the subclass Arachnida, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man.

Includes common types of arthropods; For taxonomic classification SEE Arthropoda.

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

3571

Spanish

artrópodos

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/79

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 10/20/20