Order Lithobiomorpha - Stone Centipedes

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)

Order Lithobiomorpha (Stone Centipedes)

Numbers

two families, with 95 genera and ca. 1,500 described spp. (>2,000 estimated) worldwide(1)

Identification

Adults have 15 pairs of legs and 18 body segments (juveniles have fewer; hatchlings usually have 7); tergites 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 14 are much longer than those of the other segments; ocelli typically present (lost in cavernicolous species). The Lithobiidae have spines/spurs + setae on the legs; the Henicopidae, only setae(1)

Range

worldwide(1)

Works Cited

1.	Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world’s leggiest animals

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 March, 2005 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, v belov
Last updated 3 November, 2011 - 5:21pm

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