Dichotomous Key/Myriapoda

Myriapoda
Myriapoda
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
Subphylum

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This is a Dichotomous Key for the Myriapods.

1

  • Diplopoda: Two pairs of legs per segment.
  • 2: One pair of legs per segment.

2

  • Symphyla: Twelve trunk segments present.
  • Pauropoda: Eleven or fewer segments present.
  • 3: More than twelve trunk segments present

3

  • Chilopoda: First appendages modified into venom claws called forcipules.
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