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ORDER |
MAIN ECOMORPHOLOGICAL TYPES |
| Symphyla |
Symphyla - burrowers that live deep in the
soil in large concentrations (~5000/sq. metre); 160 living species;
length 2-10mm
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| Pauropoda |
Pauropoda - found in leaf litter or under
stones; 9 pairs of legs (one per body segment); length~1mm
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| Chilopoda |
Carnivorous; 2 main ecomorphological types:
- Burrowing type, e.g. Necrophloeophagus
longicornis (length 7cm)
- Running type, e.g. Lithobius forficatus
(length 3cm)
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| Diplopoda |
Herbivores and detritivores; 5 main ecomorphological
types:
- Bark dweller, e.g. Polyxenus lagurus
(length~5mm) in which primitive method of sperm transfer remains
unchanged
- Roller, e.g. Glomeris marginata (length~8mm)
- Bulldozer (rammer), e.g. Cyclindroiulus
sp. (length~15mm)
- Wedge type, e.g. Polydesmus sp. (length~11mm)
- Borer, e.g. Polyzonium germanicum
(length~10mm)
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