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• MYRIAPODA (Gr. for " many-legged ")

MYRIAPODA (Gr. for " many-legged ")  , arthropod animals of which centipedes and millipedes are See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar examples . See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus included them in his Insecta See also:

• APTERA (Greek for " wingless ")

Aptera together with See also:

• CRUSTACEA

Crustacea and See also:

• ARACHNIDA

Arachnida; in 1706 P . A . See also:

• LATREILLE
• LATREILLE, PIERRE ANDRE (1762–1833)

Latreille designated them as Myriopoditi, making of them, along with the Crustacean Oniscus, one of the seven orders into which he divided the Aptera of Linnaeus . Later on J . C . See also:

• SAVIGNY, FRIEDRICH KARL VON (1779–1861)

Savigny, by study of the mouth-parts, clearly distinguished them from See also:

• INSECTS

Insects and Crustacea . In 1814 W . E . Leach defined them and divided them into Centipedes and Millipedes . In 1825 Latreille carried further the observations of Leach, and suggested that the two See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups were very distinct, the millipedes being nearer Crustacea and the centipedes approaching Arachnida and Insecta . Although Latreille's See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion has not been adopted, it is recognized that centipedes and millipedes are too far apart to be See also:

• UNITED

united as See also:

• MYRIAPODA (Gr. for " many-legged ")

Myriapoda, and they are now treated as See also:

• SEPARATE

separate classes of the See also:

• ARTHROPODA

Arthropoda .

See See also:

• CENTIPEDE

CENTIPEDE (Chilopoda) and See also:

• MILLIPEDE

MILLIPEDE (Diplopoda) .