Scorpion anatomy

The scorpion has a lobster-like body shape with seven sets of paired appendages: the chelicerae, the pedipalps (claws or pincers), four sets of legs, and the pectines (comb-like structures on the ventral surface). The segmented tail curves up dorsally, ending in the terminal bulbous segment called the telson, which contains paired venom glands and the aculeus (stinger).