Pauropoda
Afrauropodidae
Brachypauropodidae
Millotauropodidae
Pauropodidae
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Pauropods are small (0.5-2.0 mm), pale
arthropods with soft, cylindrical bodies and paired antennae. About 500 species are found worldwide living in soil. The first
instar has three pairs of legs, but that number increases with each molt so that adult species may have nine to eleven pairs of legs. They are without eyes,
trachea or hearts.
Pauropods are members of Subphylum
Myriapoda along with
millipedes,
centipedes, and
symphylans. There are four
families of pauropods, contained in the
order Pauropodina, which is the only order in the
class Pauropoda.
