Members of the ____ subphylum, including spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs, have fanglike appendages used for biting prey and pedipalps used as grasping organs, sensory organs, or walking legs.

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Members of the Chelicerata subphylum, which includes spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs, are characterized by having chelicerae, which are fang-like appendages used for biting or stinging prey, and pedipalps, which serve various functions such as grasping, sensing, or walking.

Members of the ____ Subphylum, Including Spiders, Ticks, Mites, Scorpions