Gas exchangein arthropods-cutaneous diffusion

In the arthropods why is not gas exchange completed by cutaneous diffusion?

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In the arthropods impermeability of exoskeleton creates the passage of gases difficult. Additionally the new techniques of respiration present in the arthropods were preserved by the evolution since they were more proficient for those animals.

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