Knowra Pauropoda Pauropoda Pauropoda is a class of tiny, soft-bodied myriapods that live mainly in soil and leaf litter. Its members have branched antennae and usually fewer than twelve pairs of legs.
Myriapoda : Myriapoda is an arthropod subphylum comprising centipedes, millipedes, pauropods, and symphylans. Pauropoda is one of the four major living myriapod lineages.
Pauropod antenna : A pauropod antenna is a short, branched sensory appendage on the head. Its distinctive branching is among the clearest traits separating pauropods from other myriapods.
Soil fauna : Soil fauna are animals that live in or on soil and participate in belowground food webs and nutrient processes. Pauropods are minute members of soil animal communities.
Pauropus huxleyi : Pauropus huxleyi is a species of pauropod in the genus Pauropus. It is a named example of the class's minute, soil-dwelling animals.
Arthropod : An arthropod is an invertebrate with a segmented body, jointed appendages, and an external skeleton. Pauropods share the defining segmented, jointed body plan of arthropods.
Pauropod body plan : The pauropod body plan consists of a small head and a soft, segmented trunk bearing legs on selected segments. Its compact trunk and limited leg pairs define the class's characteristic form.
Berlese funnel : A Berlese funnel extracts small arthropods from soil or leaf litter by driving them downward with heat and light. This method can collect pauropods from litter and soil samples.
Decapauropus : Decapauropus is a genus of pauropods whose members typically have ten pairs of legs. Its name and typical leg count illustrate variation within Pauropoda.
Symphyla : Symphyla is a class of small, eyeless myriapods that live in soil and have long antennae. This soil-dwelling myriapod lineage is a close taxonomic neighbor of Pauropoda.
Tergite : A tergite is the dorsal plate of an arthropod body segment. Pauropod trunk segments have dorsal plates whose arrangement helps identify species.
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