Scutigera
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| Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
| Family: | Scutigeridae |
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Scutigera Lamarck, 1801 |
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Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation. |
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Scutigera is a centipede genus in the family Scutigeridae.
Member of the genus have pseudofaceted eyes. This type of eye consists of a cluster of numerous ocelli on each side of the head, organised in a way that resembles a true compound eye, a type of eye found in arthropods. Most myriapods bear stemmata - that is, single lensed eyes which evolved by the reduction of a compound eye. However, the genus Scutigera has secondarily re-evolved a compound eye composed of repeated stemmata. These appear to grow in rows which are inserted between existing rows of ocelli.
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