A majority of Myriapods are herbivores and thus feed on plant material. However, some live as predators of small animals. Examples of Myriapods include:centipedes symphylans millipedes pauropodsClasses of subphylum Myriapoda:Class ChilopodaClass Chilopoda consists of centipedes. These are uniramian ...
In a terrestrial environment, detritivores are usually invertebrate insects likebeetles,butterflies, anddung flies; in mollusks, you see them assnailsandslugs, in addition to soil-dwellingmillipedes,centipedes, andwoodlice. In aquatic environments, detritivores are usuallycrustaceans, such aslobstersandfi...
even spiders find it difficult to survive in extreme weather regardless of whether it’s too cold or too hot. When it is too cold, they either burrow or resort to cryoprotectants to survive. Most species of centipedes and millipedes migrate when the weather is too hot or cold, others burro...
Bioluminescence, emission of light by an organism or by a laboratory biochemical system derived from an organism. It results from a chemical reaction (chemiluminescence) that converts chemical energy to radiant energy, and it occurs sporadically in a wid
Arthropod, any member of the phylum Arthropoda, the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, which includes such familiar forms as lobsters, crabs, spiders, mites, insects, centipedes, and millipedes. About 84 percent of all known species of animals are mem
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