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Cuticle

The cuticle is the name given to part of the external skeleton of arthropods. In different arthropods the cuticle can be made of different substances. The cuticle is usually made up of many different layers.

A photograph of a recently moulted woodlouse and its moulted cuticle.

A photograph of a recently moulted woodlouse and its moulted cuticle.

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