Myriapods
Singsing Pari at Alupihan
Myriapoda is a subphylum of arthropods containing millipedes, centipedes, and others. The group contains about 13,000 species, all of them terrestrial.
List of Myriapods
Centipedes (Chilopoda)
The Centipedes or Hundredfoots (from Neo-Latin centi-, "hundred", and Latin pes, pedis, "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek χεῖλος, kheilos, lip, and Neo-Latin suffix -poda, "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which includes millipedes and other multi-legged animals. Centipedes are elongated segmented (metameric) creatures with one pair of legs per body segment. All centipedes are venomous and can inflict painful bites, injecting their venom through pincer-like appendages known as forcipules. Despite the name, no centipede has exactly 100 pairs of legs; number of legs ranges from 15 pairs to 191 pairs, always an odd number. They are predominantly carnivorous.
Garden Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)
Mediterranean Banded Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata)
Tanzanian Blue Ringleg (Scolopendra morsitans)
Tanzanian Blue Ring Centipede (Ethmostigmus trignopdus)
Chinese Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra subspines)
Giant Red-headed Centipede (Scolopendra heros)
House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)
Millipedes (Diplopoda)
The Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a tight ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from Latin for "thousand feet", no species was known to have 1,000 or more until the discovery in 2020 of Eumillipes persephone, which can have over 1,300 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures.
Persephone's Millipede (Eumillipes persephone)
Arthrosphaera fumosa
†Arthropleura armata
Pauropods (Pauropoda)
The Pauropods are small, pale, millipede-like arthropods. Around 830 species in twelve families are found worldwide, living in soil and leaf mold. They look rather like centipedes, or millipedes, and may be a sister group of the latter. However, this is controversial, as a close relationship with Symphyla has also been posited.
Pauropus amicus
Symphylans (Symphyla)
The Symphylans, also known as garden centipedes or pseudocentipedes, are soil-dwelling arthropods of the class Symphyla in the subphylum Myriapoda. Symphylans resemble centipedes, but are very small, non-venomous, and only distantly related to both centipedes and millipedes. They can move rapidly through the pores between soil particles, and are typically found from the surface down to a depth of about 50 centimetres (20 in). They consume decaying vegetation, but can do considerable harm in an agricultural setting by consuming seeds, roots, and root hairs in cultivated soil.
Scutigerella alpina
Scutigerella armata
Scutigerella balaguensis
Scutigerella capensis
Scutigerella carpatica
Scutigerella causeyae
Scutigerella crassicornis
Scutigerella echinostylus
Scutigerella hanseni
Scutigerella hauserae
Scutigerella immaculata
Scutigerella inculta
Scutigerella jupeaui
Scutigerella lineatus
Scutigerella linsleyi
Scutigerella maya
Scutigerella nodicercus
Scutigerella orghidani
Scutigerella pagesi
Scutigerella palmonii
Scutigerella plebeia
Scutigerella remyi
Scutigerella sbordoni
Scutigerella sbordonii
Scutigerella seposita
Scutigerella silvatica
Scutigerella silvestrii
Scutigerella tescorum
Scutigerella thaleri
Scutigerella tusca
Scutigerella verhoeffi
List of Mythical Myriapods
Centipedes
Tagalog: Alupihan
Waray: Ulalapihan
Malay: Lipan
Indonesian: Lipan
Navajo: Jááłánii
Japanese: ムカデ/百足 (Mukade)
Korean: 지네 (jine)
Hungarian: Százlábú
Albanian: Njëqindkëmbëshi
Greek: σαρανταποδαρούσα (sarantapodaroúsa)
Hindi: चालीसपद (chaaleesapad)
Irish: Céadchosach
Scottish Gaelic: Ceud-chasach
Romanian: Centiped
French: Centipède
Spanish: Ciempiés
Nahuatl: Petlazolcoatl
Guarani: Ambu'ã
Quechua: Pachakchaki
Millipedes
Tagalog: Singsing-pari