The common hundred-legged worm. Its body is divided into a number of similar joints, and each joint is provided with a pair of legs.

Centiped

The common hundred-legged worm. Its body is divided into a number of similar joints, and each joint…

Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda and the Subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or forcipules formed from a modified first appendage. This also means that centipedes are an exclusively predatory taxon, which is uncommon.

Centipede

Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda and the Subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated…