Scolopendra
SCOLOPENDRA
CLASSIFICATION:
PHYLUM ARTHROPODA (Jointed appendages).
SUB-PHYLUM UNIRAMIA (Single branching appendage).
CLASS CHILOPODA (Body divided into head & trunk).
COMMENTS:
•Commonly called as centipede.
• Body is elongated, dark greenish-brown in colour, dorsoventrally flattened & is divided into a distinct head & a long segmented trunk or body .
•Head appendages are long antennal, ocelli & reduced maxillae & mandible visible on ventral side.
•Mouth is guarded by labrum, mandibles
& first maxillae.
•Body segments have 21 pairs of walking legs. The first pair of legs are curved , clawed & forwardly directed to form maxillipedes or poison claws.
•Each leg is composed of coxa, trochantea, femur, tibia & 3 tarsi ending in a single claw.
•Paired, oral spiracles lie on the pleural areas.
•It is harmful to mankind.
•Habit & Habitat: It is a tropical animal, found in India & America.
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