Dichotomous Key/Myriapoda

This is a Dichotomous Key for the Myriapods.

Myriapoda

Myriapoda
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Myriapoda
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1

• Diplopoda: Two pairs of legs per segment.
• 2: One pair of legs per segment.

2

• Symphyla: Twelve trunk segments present.
• Pauropoda: Eleven or fewer segments present.
• 3: More than twelve trunk segments present

3

• Chilopoda: First appendages modified into venom claws called forcipules.