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a)Construct a dichotomous key to key out the following organisms using the following steps Step 1: Body covering Step 2: Animal with 3pairs of walking limbs or...

a)Construct a dichotomous key to key out the following organisms using the following steps
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Step 1: Body covering
Step 2: Animal with 3pairs of walking limbs or more
Step 3: Animals with four pairs of legs
Step 4 : Number of walking limbs per segment.
b) With reasons state the class to which the organisms belong.
i) S. gregaria
ii) S. coleopata

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sharon
1. a) Body covered with exoskeleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . go to 2
b) Body covered with feathers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. velatus
2. a) Animal with wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. gregaria
b) Animals without wings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . go to 3
3. a) Animals with 4 pairs of legs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Sapidus
b) Animal with 4 more than 4 pair of legs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . go to 4
4. a) Animals with 2 pairs of legs per segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . gifan
b) Animals with 1 pair of legs per segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Coleopata

b) i) Class - insecta
Reason - 3 body parts
3 pairs of walking limbs
ii) Class - chilopoda 1
Reasons - 1 pair of legs per segment
- 1 pair of antennea
- 2 body parts (head and trunk)
- Body dorsal - ventrally flattened
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 28, 2019 at 13:09

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