User:Animalparty/milliipede classification
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[1] The living members of the Diplopoda are divided into sixteen orders in two subclasses.[2] The basal subclass Penicillata contains small species whose exoskeleton is not calcified, and which are covered in setae or bristles. All other millipedes belong to the subclass Chilognatha, consisting of two infraclasses: the infraclass Pentazonia containing the short-bodied pill millipedes, and the infraclass Helminthomorpha (worm-like millipedes) containing the great majority of the species.[3][4]
The classification of millipedes from 1758 as new discoveries and methods of analysis.