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Subphylum Myriapoda
List two derived characteristic for this subphylum.
List two differences between class Diplopoda and class Chilopoda
During a sunny vacation abroad you put your foot into your shoe and feel something within. Would you prefer it to be from class Chilopoda or class Diplopoda? Why?
Subphylum Myriapoda
Question: List two derived characteristic for this subphylum.
Answer: Derived characteristic of Myriapoda includes; tracheal system, unbranched limbs and Malpighian tubules as their sites of excretion.
Question: List two differences between class Diplopoda and class Chilopoda.
Answer:
Class Diplopoda (millipedes) | Class Chilopoda (centipedes) |
Rounded body segments, Each body segment carries two pairs of legs | Flattened body segments, One pair of legs per body segment |
Slow-moving, are mostly detritivores | move rapidly, are carnivorous |
Question: During a sunny vacation abroad you put your foot into your shoe and feel something within. Would you prefer it to be from class Chilopoda or class Diplopoda? Why?
Answer: Class Diplopoda. They occupy almost all terrestrial habitats, with a preference for humid conditions. Class Chilopoda (Centipedes) requires moist microhabitat becase they lack cuticle which cause water lose from their body.