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Q.What do you call the first and second pairs of cephalic appendages of a scorpion?

Telangana TsbieTelangana Board of Intermediate Education (Intermediate 1st Year) 2022Subjective· 2mImportance★★★★★
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A scorpion's first pair of head appendages are the small chelicerae (for feeding); its second pair are the large pincer-like pedipalps (for capturing prey and defence).

Scorpions belong to class Arachnida (phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Chelicerata). Their body is divided into a prosoma (cephalothorax) and an opisthosoma (abdomen). The prosoma bears several pairs of appendages, the first two of which are the cephalic (head-region) appendages used in feeding and prey capture:

  1. First pair — Chelicerae: Small, pincer-like appendages located just in front of the mouth. They are used to tear and manipulate food, holding and shredding prey so it can be ingested (scorpions typically pre-digest food externally and suck in the liquefied material). …

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