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Chilopoda

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Also known as centipedes

Classe degli artropodi

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Chilopoda, commonly known as centipedes, is a class within the phylum Arthropoda. The taxon was established by Latreille in 1816 and is recognized as an accepted classification. These organisms are associated with marine and brackish habitats.

The group originated approximately 418 million years ago. It is categorized under the Commons category "Chilopoda" and matches the WordNet concept 01784675-n. Scientific literature references the term "centipede" in 952 PubMed records. Additionally, the taxon is referenced by 1,178 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

centipedes

Class

PhylumArthropoda
ClassChilopoda

Habitatmarine, brackish

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Research

952 papers

Centipede Venom Peptides Acting on Ion Channels.Toxins · 2020Chu Y, Qiu P, Yu RDOI: 10.3390/toxins12040230
Centipede Venom: A Potential Source of Ion Channel Modulators.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022Luo A, Wang A, Kamau PM et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137105
Centipede Bites.Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals · 2021Randich HB, Burnett MWDOI: 10.55460/S3H4-KZPZ
Centipede envenomation: Clinical importance and the underlying molecular mechanisms.ReviewToxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2018Ombati R, Luo L, Yang S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.09.008
Bioactive Peptides and Proteins from Centipede Venoms.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Han Y, Kamau PM, Lai R et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144423
Centipede Envenomation.2026Ross EJ, Yee J
Centipede venoms as a source of drug leads.ReviewExpert opinion on drug discovery · 2016Undheim EA, Jenner RA, King GFDOI: 10.1080/17460441.2016.1235155
Centipede venom: recent discoveries and current state of knowledge.ReviewToxins · 2015Undheim EA, Fry BG, King GFDOI: 10.3390/toxins7030679

Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Myriapoda
Image: Lithobius forficatus.jpg

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Commons category: Chilopoda
taxon rank: class
taxon name: Chilopoda
taxon common name: Juoksujalkaiset
exact match: wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01784675-n
start time: 418000000-
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Article · Italiano

I chilopodi (Chilopoda Latreille, 1817), comunemente noti come centopiedi, sono una classe di artropodi del subphylum dei miriapodi.

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