Arthropods are covered with a tough, resilient integument, cuticle or exoskeleton of chitin. Generally the exoskeleton will have thickened areas in which...

which it forms an exoskeleton (see arthropod exoskeleton). The main structural components of the nematode cuticle are proteins, highly cross-linked collagens...

Arthropods (/ˈɑːrθrəpɒd/) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with...

fossil arthropods described in 2018 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and other fossil arthropods of every...

This is a glossary of terms used in the description of arthropod cuticle, including that of insects such as ants. These animals can have surface textures...

finger- and toenails Primary enamel cuticle, a covering of the crown of a newly erupted tooth Arthropod cuticle, the major part of the integument, including...

armour. Examples of exoskeletons in animals include the cuticle skeletons shared by arthropods (insects, chelicerates, myriapods and crustaceans) and tardigrades...

Ulrike G.K (July 2004). "Design and mechanical properties of insect cuticle". Arthropod Structure & Development. 33 (3): 187–199. Bibcode:2004ArtSD..33....

After moulting, an arthropod is described as teneral, a callow; it is "fresh", pale and soft-bodied. Within one or two hours, the cuticle hardens and darkens...

distinguished by their jointed limbs and cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate. The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each...