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An appendage is an external body part or natural prolongation that protrudes from an organism's body such as an arm or a leg. Hair, scales, and feathers are cutaneous appendages.
A beetle leg
Centipede
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Centipedes are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which includes millipedes and other multi-legged animals. Centipedes are elongated s
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…fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) with legs growing where the antennae would have on the head. Appendages may become uniramous, as in insects and centipedes, where each appendage comprises a single series of segments, or it may be biramous, as in many crustaceans, where each appendage branches into two…
The forcipules of Eupolybothrus cavernicolus (Lithobiidae)
A collage showing the ultimate legs of various centipedes. From top left, proceeding clockwise: Rhysida spp., Scolopocryptops trogloclaudatus, Scolopendra dehaani, Lithobius proximus, Lithobius forficatus, Scolopendra cingulata.
A centipede mother protecting her first instar offspring
A centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) being eaten by a European roller