Species Profile
Buthus
Yellow scorpion
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Terrestrial nocturnal arachnids.
Known for mild to moderate venom.
Size & Structure
01
Elongated body
02
Yellowish colour
03
Large pincers
04
Curved sting at posterior end
Buthus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (haemocoel)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ganglionic
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic
- Circulatory type
- Open
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Book lungs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Predator of insects
Controls pest populations
Part of desert ecosystem
Economic Importance
Medical importance due to venom
Used in toxin research
Indicator species for arid habitats