Arthropodoid

An Arthropodoid is a creature that exhibits characteristics similar to Terran Arthropods such as spiders or crustaceans.

• The term Arthropoid is also used interchangeably.
• It is a classification of creature type.
• It is a type of lifeform, a typoid.

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• B: Biology
  • Astrobiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Conventional Biology
  • Exobiology
  • Sophontology
  • Xenobiology

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• B: Biotechnology
  • Artificial Womb
  • Biochip
  • Bio-Identenoid
  • Biotechnology
  • Cybertechnology
  • Metabolic Chamber
  • Personality Recording
  • Relict Regeneration
  • Replacement Body Part

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• G: Genetic Engineering
  • Chimera Species
  • Clone
  • Human Chimera
  • Relict
  • Supra-Species
  • Synthetic
  • Terragen
  • Uplift
  • Variant Race
  • Variant Human Race
  • Variant Non-Human Race

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• S: Sophonce
  • Sophont
    • Extilligence
    • Intelligence
    • Sapient
    • Sentient
    • Stimulus

Description (Specifications)

An arthropodoid creature is distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• Segmented bodies consisting of two or more parts: typically a fused head and thorax (a cephalothorax) and an abdomen.
• An exoskeleton or a hard, shell-like covering on the outside of the body.
• Three or more pairs of jointed appendages referred to as legs. These are typically used for walking.
• Antennae, typically mounting sensory organs.
• An open circulatory system.

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Similar Forms

Arthropodoids are considered to be a relatively esoteric subclassification of Insectoid, primarily used by biologists to specifically identify a creature type.

Specific Species Examples

Selected Arthropodoid Species Examples
Species	Sophonce	Remarks
Amindii AKA Grasshoppers	Sophont	None
Ashdak Meshukiiba AKA Cow Ant	Proto-Sophont	None
Bove	Sophont	None
Dust Strider	Creature	They are native to Chamois in the Spinward Marches.
Eheen	Sophont	None
Hoplite	Creature	None
Horseshoe Crab	Creature	They are native to Terra.
Nocjaw	Creature	None
Sapow	Creature	None
Shrieker	Sophont	None
Xaruah	Sophont	None

History & Background (Dossier)

Most biologists agree that a creature should exhibit at least three of the characteristics associated with arthropodoids to qualify as an arthropodoid, though others set the limit at two. The term is necessarily generic.

It is relatively common for a creature to meet sufficient criteria to qualify as more than one classification of animal.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science