Myriapoda Centipedes and Millipedes (Class)

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Myriapoda Centipedes and Millipedes:
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Orders

Chilopoda - Centipedes
Diplopoda - Millipedes

Features:

Body:
- Diplopoda - Millipedes - body divided into apparent segments - each carries
  - two pairs of legs
  - two pairs of spiracles
- Chilopoda - Centipedes - body divided into true segments - each carries
  - single pair of legs (first pair modified to form poison claws)
  - single pair of spiracles
- bodies are not differentiated into thorax and abdomen
Head:
- one pair of antennae
Respiration:
- by trachae

References

Primary References at the level of this taxa
B79	Lynn Margulis and Karlene V Schwartz
B79	Five Kingdoms - An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth, 3rd Edition
B502	Kenneth G.V. Smith
B502	Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance

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