What phylum do insects belong to?

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Insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda, which is the largest phylum of Animalia and includes over two-thirds of all named species on earth. The body of arthropods is covered by a chitinous exoskeleton. They have organ-system level of organisation. They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, segmented and coelomate animals. The body consists of head, thorax and abdomen. They have jointed appendages (arthros-joint,poda-appendages). Respiratory organs are gills, book gills, book lungs or tracheal system. Circula