What is Centipede?
{{Taxobox | name = Chilopoda | image = Centipede.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | unranked subphylum = [[Myriapoda]] | classis = '''Chilopoda''' | subdivision_ranks = [[order (biology)|Orders]] | subdivision = * [[Geophilomorpha]] * [[Lithobiomorpha]] * [[Scolopendromorpha]] * [[Scutigeromorpha]] }} A '''centipede''' is a type of [[myriapod]] with many legs. Centipedes are [[predator]]s. They hunt during the night; they are [[nocturnal]]. Some centipedes are [[venomous]], but none can kill a person unless they are [[allergy|allergic]]. Centipedes are in the class '''Chilopoda''', and related to [[millipede]]s, which are not poisonous. As the millipedes, they are [[segmented]]. They have between 5 and 173 segments, but only one pair of legs per segment. There may be 8,000 species in the world.<ref>Adis, Joachim & Harvey, Mark S. 2000. How many Arachnida and Myriapoda are there worldwide and in Amazonia?. ''Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment'' '''35''' (2): 139–141.</ref> The [[house centipede]] is a [[carnivore]] that feeds on [[cockroach]]es, [[Musca|house flies]] and other domestic [[pest]]s. It is therefore beneficial. But because it has a scary appearance it is often exterminated. == References == {{reflist}} {{Commons category|Chilopoda}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q43447}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Myriapods]] {{biology-stub}}