Centipedes (frae Latin prefix centi-, "hundrit", an pes, pedere, "fit") are arthropods belangin tae the cless Chilopoda o the subphylum Myriapoda.

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Centipedes
Temporal range: 418–0 Ma
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Late Silurian tae present
Lithobius forficatus
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Cless: Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Orders an Faimilies
Scutigeromorpha
  • Pselliodidae
  • Scutigeridae
  • Scutigerinidae
Lithobiomorpha
  • Henicopidae
  • Lithobiidae
Craterostigmomorpha
  • Craterostigmidae
Scolopendromorpha
  • Cryptopidae
  • Scolopendridae
  • Scolopocryptopidae
Geophilomorpha
  • Himantariidae
  • Mecistocephalidae
  • Neogeophilidae
  • Geophilidae
  • Oryidae
  • Linotaeniidae
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