Systematic position
Kingdom: Animalia
Sub-kingdom: Eumetazoa
Super-phylum: Ecdysosoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Sub-phylum: Myriapoda
Class 3 : Pouropoda
Pauropoda Characteristics
Ø Small group of centipede like arthropods
Ø Terrestrial, live in the soil
Ø They looks similar to centipedes, but they are ancestrally sister to millipedes
Ø Body soft and cylindrical
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Ø First instar has only 3 pair of legs
Ø Number of legs increases with each moult
Ø Eyes absent
Ø Heart absent
Ø Body segments have ventral tracheal/spiracular pouches
Ø Tracheae absent
Ø Antennae are branched (a best identification mark)
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