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SUBPHYLUM MYRIAPODA The term “myriapod,” meaning “many footed,” describes members of four classes in subphylum Myriapoda that have evolved a pattern of two tagmata—head and trunk—with paired append ages on most or all trunk segments. Myriapods include Chilopoda (centipedes), Diplopoda (millipedes), Pauropoda (pauropods), and Symphyla (symphylans). Myriapods use tracheae to …

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