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Scolopendromorpha

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Relationships after Edgecombe & Giribet 2004
Containing group: Chilopoda

References

Edgecombe, G. D. and G. Giribet. 2004. Adding mitochondrial sequence data (16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) to the phylogeny of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda): an analysis of morphology and four molecular loci. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 42(2):89-134.

Lewis, J. G. E. 1981. The Biology of Centipedes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Minelli, A. 1993. Chilopoda. Pages 57-114 in Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates. Volume 12. Onychophora, Chilopoda and lesser Protostomata. F. W. Harrison and M. E. Rice, eds. Wiley-Liss, New York, Chichester, Weinheim, Brisbane, Singapore, Toronto.

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Scientific Name Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans
Location Japan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source トビズムカデ（鳶頭百足 (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)）
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Scientific Name Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Location Cherry Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Comments Eastern Red Centipede (Scolopocryptops sexspinosus) Bug Guide Page
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2008 Cody Hough
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