Species Profile
Periplaneta americana
Cockroach
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Terrestrial insect found in human habitats.
Acts as a decomposer.
Size & Structure
01
Flattened body
02
Long antennae
03
Two pairs of wings
04
Running legs
Periplaneta americana — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (haemocoel)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (euryhaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Tracheal
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Decomposer
Food chain member
Economic Importance
Household pest
Disease carrier