GENERAL HISTOLOGY

OESOPHAGUS STOMACH

ECHINODERMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What group of arthropods are centipedes and millipedes?
A
myriapods
B
arachnids
C
crustaceans
D
insects
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -myriapod, any member of several closely related groups of the invertebrate phylum Arthropoda, including the extinct Archipolypoda, extant Diplopoda, or millipedes (see millipede), Chilopoda, or centipedes (see centipede), Pauropoda (see pauropod), and Symphyla (see symphylan).

Detailed explanation-2: -Arthropods are members of the taxonomic phylum Arthropoda, which includes insects, spiders, centipedes, millipedes and crustaceans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. While both millipedes and centipedes belong to the phylum Arthropoda and to the subphylum Myriapoda, millipedes belong to the class Diplopoda and centipedes belong to the class Chilopoda.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Myriapoda consists of four classes of terrestrial arthropods (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla, and Pauropoda) that share a number of morphological features.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Myriapods are centipedes and millipedes, and some small relatives. Centipedes and millipedes look similar to each other; they both look a little like worms with lots of legs. Actually they are arthropods, they have a tough exoskeleton and jointed legs, and they are related to insects and crustaceans.

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