Myriapoda

Translingual

Etymology

myria- +‎ -poda

Proper noun

Myriapoda

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – the centipedes, millipedes and similar creatures.

Hypernyms

(subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Chilopoda - centipedes, Diplopoda - millipedes, Pauropoda - pauropods, Symphyla - symphylans - classes

References

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

Further reading

Myriapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Myriapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Myriapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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