Chilopoda (class)

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Scope note
Members of a class containing up to 8,000 species of long, flattened, many-segmented predaceous arthropods, in which each segment except the hindmost bears one pair of legs for a total of 14 to 177 pairs, and having one pair of long, many-jointed antennae, and a pair of jawlike venomous claws just behind the head.
Chilopoda
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024