Biology (11th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 1259188132
ISBN 13: 978-1-25918-813-8

Chapter 33 - Animal Diversity and the Evolution of Body Plans - Review Questions - Apply - Page 659: 3

Answer

Based on these characteristics, it is an arthropod, probably an insect.

Work Step by Step

The molting and determinate development make this an ecdysozoan. The joined appendages place it in the arthropods (the name of which means "jointed foot"). Since it is terrestrial, it is an insect.
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