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The arthropod cuticle and its inhabitants
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
Synopsis
The skin of arthropods is also the exoskeleton and as this gives them mechanical protection, they have comparatively few ectoparasites. Those which are present are removed during the periodic moulting of the skin. However, some organisms, particularly mites, have become adapted to living on the cuticle of arthropods.
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