Class Pauropoda - Pauropodans

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Pauropoda (Pauropodans)

Other Common Names

Dwarf Millipedes, Pauropodans, Progoneates, Smallfooted Centipedes

Explanation of Names

Pauropoda Lubbock 1868

'having few legs'

Numbers

worldwide, ~840 spp. in 46 genera of 12 families(1)

Identification

All adults have three-pronged antennae and 8-11 pairs of legs.(2)

Hatchlings begin life with 3 pairs of legs.(2)

Pauropods are eyeless(2)

Remarks

Discovered in 1860 by Sir John Lubbock in England.(2)

Print References

(3)

Works Cited

1.	Class Chilopoda, class Symphyla and class Pauropoda. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline... Minelli A. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 157–158.

2.	Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips James B. Nardi. 2023. Princeton University Press.

3.	A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda) Ulf Scheller. 2008. International Journal of Myriapodology, VOl. 1, pp. 1-38.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 10 November, 2006 - 7:40pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Lynette Elliott, Chuck Entz, v belov, Edward Ruden, Marci Hess
Last updated 28 September, 2023 - 11:48am

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