CHILOPODA
(centipedes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
GEOPHILOMORPHA
earth centipedes
Male (Click to open)
 		Order 6 subtaxa 116 images
LITHOBIOMORPHA
stone centipedes
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 		Order 4 subtaxa 49 images
SCOLOPENDROMORPHA
an order of centipedes
Order 1 subtaxa 7 images
CRYPTOPIDAE
a family of centipedes
Family 1 subtaxa 7 images
Cryptops
a genus of centipedes
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Chilopoda (unidentified)
Unidentified Centipedes
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 		Unidentified 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassCHILOPODA (centipedes)
SubphylumMYRIAPODA (myriapods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Barber, A.D. 2009 Centipedes Synopses of the British Fauna, 58, Field Studies Council
Barber, A.D. 2003 A Guide to the Identification of British Centipedes AIDGAP, test version 03 edition, Field Studies Council
Brolemann, H.W. 1930 *** Éléments d.une Faune de Myriapodes de France: Chilopodes ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 25, 405pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Eason, E.H. 1964 Centipedes of the British Isles 294pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press

CHILOPODA (centipedes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHILOPODA (centipedes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CHILOPODA (centipedes)
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