(Class Diplopoda)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Millipedes have long, cylindrical or slightly flattened bodies with 20 to 100 body segments. The first four body segments each have a single pair of legs. The last segment bears the anus and has no legs. The remaining segments are fused together in pairs, and each fused segment has two pairs of legs. The antennae are short, elbowed, and usually have seven segments. Few millipedes are predatory and none are venomous. They do not bite. |
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Subclass Arthropleuridea (extinct) Subclass Chilognatha Subclass Penicillata |
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millipedes |
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found on carpet near back sliding door, … | |||||
… accidentally cut in half trying to flip it to get a photo of its underside & after doing so the half with the head keeps trying to get somewhere it found it’s other half and for a min it looked like it was going to attach itself back together but eventually crawled over it. … | |||||
… I am going to put both halves outside. But looks like the head half will live. Sorry little guy. | |||||
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About
Nov 8, 2015 Millipedes are arthropods in the class Diplopoda characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together as one. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from the Latin for "thousand feet", no known species has 1,000; the record of 750 legs belongs to Illacme plenipes. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into sixteen orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures. |
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AngelG 11/3/2023 |
Location: Blaine, MN found on carpet near back sliding door, accidentally cut in half trying to flip it to get a photo of its underside & after doing so the half with the head keeps trying to get somewhere it found it’s other half and for a min it looked like it was going to attach itself back together but eventually crawled over it. I am going to put both halves outside. But looks like the head half will live. Sorry little guy. |
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Alfredo Colon 6/14/2018 |
Location: Woodbury, Minnesota |
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Crystal Boyd 5/31/2013 |
Location: Black Dog Preserve |
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Created: 9/26/2020
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