Class Chilopoda of Sub-phylum Myriapoda and Phylum Arthropoda includes Centipedes
Systematic position
Kingdom: Animalia
Sub-kingdom: Eumetazoa
Super-phylum: Ecdysosoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Sub-phylum: Myriapoda
Class 1 : Chilopoda
Centipede (Source Wikipedia)
Chilopoda Characteristics
Ø Includes centipedes
Mouth Parts of Centipede (wikipedia)
Ø Terrestrial arthropods
Ø Body is divided into head and trunk
Ø Each segment of the body bears a pair of legs
Ø Legs are clawed
Ø They are trignathic with mandible and first and second maxillae
Ø First pair of trunk appendage bears poisonous claws
Ø Respiration by trachea
Ø Excretion through malphighian tubules
Ø Chilopods are opisthogoneate (bear only a single genital aperture at the posterior end)
Ø Development direct or indirect
Legs of Centipede (wikipedia)
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