Pauropoda
/ˈpɔːrəpɒdə
/plural noun Zoology
A small class of myriapod invertebrates which resemble the centipedes. They are small soft-bodied animals with one pair of legs per segment, living chiefly in forest litter.He presented evidence for a single origination of the tracheal system in Dignatha (Pauropoda + Diplopoda), a group whose monophyly is widely accepted....
- He considered Archipolypoda to represent the ‘prototypes’ of Diplopoda and possibly also Pauropoda.
- This arthropod subphylum includes the Chilopoda, the Diplopoda, the Pauropoda, and the Symphyla.
Derivatives
pauropod
pauropodan
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek pauros 'small' + pous, pod- 'foot'.