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The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body, and furnishes points of attachment to the muscles.

Centipede

The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body,…

Centipedes have flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment. They are carnivorous.

Centipede

Centipedes have flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment. They are carnivorous.

This Centipedes has a flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment, but it has less than 100 leg pairs. They are carnivorous.

Centipede

This Centipedes has a flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment, but it has less than…

Centipedes have from fifteen to twenty pair of legs.

Centipede

Centipedes have from fifteen to twenty pair of legs.

A centipede.

Centipede

A centipede.

"A, a, Cephalic plate; b, Tergum of segment bearing first pair of legs (d); c, Tip of palpognath; e, Antenna; f, toxicognath; g, Last pair of appendages, enlarged and directed backwards." (Britannica, 1910)

Centipede

"A, a, Cephalic plate; b, Tergum of segment bearing first pair of legs (d); c, Tip of palpognath; e,…

A centipede that damages asparagus.

Centipede

A centipede that damages asparagus.

"A Centipede is a worm having a long slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, 21 pairs of legs, distinct eyes, 4 on each side, and antennæ with 17 joints. The name is, however, popularly extended to species of nearly allied genera. Centipedes run nimbly, feed on insects, and pursue them into their lurking-places."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Giant Centipede

"A Centipede is a worm having a long slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, 21 pairs…

A circulatory and nervous system of Sphaerotherium obtusum, a South African millipede.

Diagram of Nerovous and Circulatory System of Sphaerotherium Obtusum Millipede

A circulatory and nervous system of Sphaerotherium obtusum, a South African millipede.

Millipedes have an indefinite number of legs.

Millipede

Millipedes have an indefinite number of legs.

In the nervous system of the centipede the ganglions are arranged in pairs of nearly equal size, except the ganglion that answers to the brain, which is larger, along the surface of the alimentary canal.

Diagram of the Nervous System of a Centipede

In the nervous system of the centipede the ganglions are arranged in pairs of nearly equal size, except…

"The Electric Scolopendra, <em>S. electrica</em>, is a European species, luminous in the dark." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Electric scolopendra

"The Electric Scolopendra, S. electrica, is a European species, luminous in the dark." —…

"Spirostreptus Vittatus, an Oriental species of the Spirostreptoidea, lateral view, showing the repugnatorial pores of the sides of the segments." &mdash;Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910

Side View of the Spirostreptus Vittatus Millipede

"Spirostreptus Vittatus, an Oriental species of the Spirostreptoidea, lateral view, showing the repugnatorial…