Myriapoda
Myriapods () are the members of subphylum Myriapoda, containing arthropods such as millipedes and centipedes. The group contains about 13,000 species, all of them terrestrial.
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Myriapods are a group of land-dwelling arthropods that includes millipedes and centipedes, with around 13,000 known species. They matter because they represent a significant portion of terrestrial arthropod diversity and play important roles in soil ecosystems and food webs on land.
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Species
millepedes
Subphylum
- PhylumArthropoda
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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12 sectionsContents
- Anatomy
- Ecology
- Classification
- Centipedes
- Millipedes
- Symphyla
- Pauropoda
- Arthropleuridea
- Myriapod relationships
- See also
- References
- External links
Myriapods () are the members of subphylum Myriapoda, containing arthropods such as millipedes and centipedes. The group contains about 13,000 species, all of them terrestrial.
Although molecular evidence and similar fossils suggests a diversification in the Cambrian Period, the oldest known fossil record of myriapods dates between the Late Silurian and Early Devonian, with Pneumodesmus preserving the earliest known evidence of air-breathing on land. Other early myriapod fossil species around the similar time period include Kampecaris obanensis and Archidesmus sp. The phylogenetic classification of myriapods is still debated.