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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha)

Order Geophilomorpha - Soil Centipedes

Classification · Size · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited
Long Centipede Centipede Soil Centipede Unidentified Centipede A soil centipede? Wrack-heap soil centipede Red Centipede - Strigamia Centipede Geophilomorpha??
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Geophilomorpha (Soil Centipedes)
Size
Most are less than 5 cm, some reach 17 cm. (1)
Identification
Slender eyeless centipedes that have 31 to 177 pairs of legs and antennae with 14 segments. The number of pairs of legs is always odd. (1)
Habitat
They can penetrate as deep as 70 cm into soil and feed on insect larvae and worms. (1)
Works Cited
1.Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 31 January, 2006 - 8:56am

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