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Taxonomy vs Chilopod - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and chilopod

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while chilopod is any myriapod of the class chilopoda, a centipede.

taxonomy

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
  • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    chilopod

    English

    (Centipede)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 , page 34,
  • Consequently most chilopods are carnivorous, searching for earthworms, enchytraeids, and insects.
  • * 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 , 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).
  • * 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 , 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.

    Synonyms

    * (any species of class Chilopoda) centipede

    See also

    * diplopod * myriapod