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Myriapods
The term “Myriapods” is derived from two words, i.e. “myriad”, meaning ten thousand and “pods”, meaning legs. Contrary to its literal meaning, the legs in these animals do not exceed 750, while in some there are even less than 10 legs. In the most of the cases, myriapods are found to have simple eyes and a single pair of antennae with mouthparts located on the underside of the head. Centipedes and millipedes are included in this class of arthropods.
