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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Chilopoda (centipedes; phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Atelocerata) A class of uniramous arthropods that have segmented bodies with one pair of legs to each segment. Some centipedes are adapted to burrowing in soil but most run on the surface. All are believed to be predators. The head bears long antennae and beneath the mouth-parts there is a large pair of claws (maxillipeds, forming part of the first body segment) that inject poison. Below the mandibles a pair of maxillae forms a functional lip, overlain by a second pair of maxillae. The name, Chilopoda, is derived from the Greek cheilos, lip, and pod-, foot. There are about 3000 species, found world-wide, and grouped in two subclasses (Epimorpha and Anamorpha) and four principal orders: Geophilomorpha; Scolopendromorpha; Lithobiomorpha; and Scutigeromorpha.

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