About Lesson
Characteristics of Class Diplopoda
- Body divided into 3 parts; head, short thorax and a long trunk with up to a hundred segments.
- Have cylindrical body.
- Have 1 pair of antennae.
- Have two pairs of on each segment of the trunk and thorax except the 1st thoracic segment.
- Have simple eyes on the head.
- Are mainly herbivorous.
- Gaseous exchange is through tracheal system which opens outside through spiracles.