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[19] [20] The species with 12 pairs are the only myriapods with actual legs on the first body segment, as the first pair of legs is modified into forcipules in centipedes, and in pauropods the segment is a reduced collum which bears ventrally a pair of small papillae, while in millipedes it's a collum without any appendages at all. [21]
Myriapods have a single pair of antennae and, in most cases, simple eyes. Exceptions are the two classes symphylans and pauropods, and the millipede order Polydesmida and the centipede order Geophilomorpha, which are all eyeless. [10] The house centipedes on the other hand, have large and well-developed compound eyes. [11]
Within the myriapods, centipedes are believed to be the first of the extant classes to branch from the last common ancestor. The five orders of centipedes are: Craterostigmomorpha, Geophilomorpha, Lithobiomorpha, Scolopendromorpha, and Scutigeromorpha. These orders are united into the clade Chilopoda by the following synapomorphies: [57]
Toggle Subphylum Myriapoda (Centipedes and millipedes) subsection. 3.1 Class Chilopoda (Centipedes) 3.2 Class Diplopoda (Millipedes) 3.2.1 Subclass Penicillata.
Scientifically classified as Diplopoda, millipedes are called “thousand-leggers.” They belong to the Arthropoda phylum, and there are more than 10,000 named millipede species worldwide, except ...
Lhéritier is pursuing his doctorate in ancient myriapods, an arthropod group that includes millipedes and centipedes, at France’s Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 to understand how arthropods ...
In general, arthropods have mouthparts for cutting, chewing, piercing, sucking, shredding, siphoning, and filtering. This article outlines the basic elements of four arthropod groups: insects, myriapods, crustaceans and chelicerates. Insects are used as the model, with the novel mouthparts of the other groups introduced in turn.
Scutigera coleoptrata, also known as the house centipede, is a species of centipede that is typically yellowish-grey and has up to 15 pairs of long legs. Originating in the Mediterranean region , it has spread to other parts of the world, where it can live in human homes. [ 1 ]