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Jangchub wrote:

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:06:19 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
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To me, all "bugs" are arthropods...

And you would be wrong.

Arthropoda is a Phyllum.

It means "jointed legs".

Which bugs are NOT arthropods?

Well... annelids, as I mentioned - most common as earthworms. Mollusca -
snails and slugs. The imported "land planarian" discussed here a while back
is a platyhelminthe - a flatworm. Some might consider newts to be creepy
crawly slimy and "buglike" - chordata. Nematodes have a phylum of their
own - nematoda. Velvet worms are onchyophorae and I've seen them in Mexico
but I don't think Austin is tropical enough for them.
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Mike Harris
Austin TX