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Identification
All centipedes are in Phylum Arthropoda, Class Chilopoda.
Key to orders:
1a. 15 pairs of very long, thin legs; 7 tergites |
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1b. 15 pairs of legs; 15 tergites |
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1c. 15 pairs of legs; 21 tergites |
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1d. 21 pairs of legs |
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1e. 29 or more pairs of legs |
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