INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY - H. I. Shcherbak - 2008

KINGDOM MULTICELLULAR ANIMALS (METAZOA)

SUBKINGDOM EUMETAZOA (TRUE MULTICELLULAR ANIMALS)

DIVISION TRIPLOBLASTICA, OR BILATERIAL ANIMALS (BILATERIA)

SUBDIVISION ECDYSOZOA

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

SUBPHYLUM TRACHEATA

SUPERCLASS MYRIAPODA

The superclass Myriapoda comprises tracheate Arthropods whose bodies consist of a HEAD and a multi-segmented trunk. Trunk segmentation is more or less homonomous; nearly all of its segments bear appendages. Over 15,000 species are known.

The superclass Myriapoda includes four classes.



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