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The arthropod cuticle and its inhabitants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Kenneth Mellanby
Kenneth Mellanby
Affiliation:
Monks Wood Experimental Station, Huntingdon, England
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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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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 79 , Issue 1-3: Surface ecosystems and the interactions within them which overcome skin defence mechanisms , 1980 , pp. 133 - 137
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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