are lobsters arachnids
No, it isn't. Although lobsters belong to a different subphylum than Arachnida. Lobsters are 10-legged (including the claws) Crustaceans, unlike the 8-legged spiders, ticks, and mites that are Arachnids.Crustaceans and Arachnids (and another subphylum, Insecta) each belong to the phylum Arthropoda, meaning 'jointed foot'. The arachnids, Arachnida, are a class of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnids are named for the mythological figure Arachne.They are chiefly te â¦ rrestrial arthropods, some 65,000 to 73,000 species including the spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites.