Myriapod vs Chilopod - What's the difference?
myriapod | chilopod |
(zoology) Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda
Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede.
* 2006 , G. Eisenbis, 1: Biology of Soil Invertebrates'', Helmut König, Ajit Varma (editors), ''Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates ,
* 2009 , M. Schaefer, S. Migge-Kleian, S. Scheu, Chapter 12: The Role of Soil Fauna for Decomposition of Plant Residues'', Rainer Brumme, Partap K. Khanna (editors), ''Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems ,
* 2013 , Rudolf Loesel, Harald Wolf, Matthes Kenning, Steffen Harzsch, Andy Sombke, 13: Architectural Principles and Evolution of the Arthropod Central Nervous System'', Alessandro Minelli, Geoffrey Boxshall, Giuseppe Fusco (editors), ''Arthropod Biology and Evolution: Molecules, Development, Morphology ,
As nouns the difference between myriapod and chilopod
is that myriapod is (zoology) any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum myriapoda while chilopod is any myriapod of the class chilopoda, a centipede.myriapod
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*chilopod
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(en noun)page 34,
- Consequently most chilopods are carnivorous, searching for earthworms, enchytraeids, and insects.
page 223,
- Important predatory groups'' in the beech forest at Göttinger Wald are chilopods''', spiders, carabid and staphylinid beetles and gamasid mites. ' Chilopods consume a high proportion of collembolan populations and of other saprophagous groups (Poser, 1988, 1991).
page 308,
- However, the authors point out that the motoneurons' morphologies are dissimilar in hexapods and chilopods , a fact that argues against a homology of hexapodan and chilopodan longitudinal muscle motoneurons.