Draw an intermittent curve and explain the various stages

Draw an intermittent curve and explain the various stages

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A-Growth
B-No growth
C- Moulting/ecdysis
- Seen in arthropods
- Growth in in arthropods is intermittent(takes place during some time only because their
hard cuticles (exoskeleton) does not expand to cause growth
- The cuticle must be shed off first to allow further growth
- The shedding is called ecdysis or moulting
- When moulting has taken place animal grows but growth stops when the exoskeleton
hardens again

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ericmunguti answered the question on October 8, 2018 at 04:42

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