Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : Spiders and scorpions are very different from each other but are placed in the same phylum - Arthropoda.

Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : Spiders and s

1.	Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : Spiders and scorpions are very different from each other but are placed in the same phylum - Arthropoda.
Answer» Solution : Both spider and scorpions show characters of ARTHROPODA. Both possess 4 pairs of legs and hence classified as Arachnids in phylum Arthropoda. Both share some common CHARACTERISTICS such as jointed appendages, presence of blood-filled COELOM or haemocoel, hard EXOSKELETON on the body. Due to these characters they are PLACED in the phylum Arthropods.