Diplopoda

The phylum Arthropoda includes the classes Diplopoda (millipedes), Chilopoda (centipedes), Crustacea (see Chapter 3), and Insecta (see Chapter 1). All luminous arthropods other than crustaceans are terrestrial, and not very many luminous millipedes and centipedes are known. The luminescence of millipedes is usually intracellular, whereas luminous centipedes discharge luminous secretion. Substantial chemical studies have been made only with the millipede Luminodesmus sequoiae and the centipede Orphaneus brevilabiatus, of which the latter is discussed in the Section 10.3. 

Cypridina bioluminescence, 66, 69 firefly bioluminescence, 16 Diphyes, 334 Diplocardia, 335 Diplocardia longa, 216, 235, 240 Diplocardia luciferin, 235-238, 340, 342 See Earthworm luciferin Diplocladon, 337 Diplopoda (Millipedes), 307 Diplotrema, 235 Diptera, 1, 2, 25... 

Tajovsky, K. 2001. Colonisation of colliery spoil heaps by millipedes (Diplopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) in the Sokolov region, Czech Republic. Restoration Ecology, 9, 365-369. 

Arthropoda Myriapoda Progoneata Diplopoda (Millipedes) and Symphyla 403... 

Millipedes ate long, cylindrical, segmetrted, many-le ed terrestrial arthropods in the class Diplopoda, in... 

Zanger, M., Graff, S., Braunbeck, T., Alberti, G. and Kohler, H.R. (1997) Detection and induction of cytochrome P4501A (CYP 1A) like proteins in Julus scandinavius (Diplopoda) and Oniscus asellus (Isopoda) a first analysis. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 58, 511-7. 

Arthropoda.—Steroid biosynthesis seems to be absent from all of this phylum. Examples of the class Arachnida, Diplopoda, Crustacea, and Insecta have been examined. Steroid metabolism in insects has been reviewed. " It should be borne in mind that insects can synthesise some terpenoids [e.g. (32) and (46)], but there is an absolute dietary requirement for steroids. Phytosterols such as -sitosterol are converted back into cholesterol derivatives apparently by the reverse of side chain alkylation (86 R = Et) (85 R = CHMe)—> (85 R = CHj)— (84)— (74). In addition a A -double bond is introduced. Parasites, and other organisms naturally present, may contribute to some of these reactions. ... 

Diplopoda are related to Chilopoda, but they axe mostly predaceous. They live both in forest and arable land, in moss and various hiding places. They hunt and eat the majority of small animals present in soil. Some burrow and loosen the soil, others use only existing tunnels and holes. 

CioHioNjO, Mr 174.20, yellow needles, mp. 209-211 °C. A quinazoline alkaloid from the millipede Glomeris marginata (Diplopoda), which uses it together with Ao/nog/omertnefCiiHijNjO, Mr 188.23, mp. 149°C) as a defence secretion. The biosynthesis proceeds via anthranilic acid. ... 

Diplopoda A class of terrestrial arthropods comprising the millipedes and belonging to the subphylym Myriapoda. 

Myriapoda In some classifications, a subphylum of arthropods that comprises the classes Chilopoda (centipedes), Diplopoda (millipedes), Pauropoda (pauropods), and Symphyla (symphilids). In other classifications the Myriapoda is a class containing only the centipedes and millipedes. 

Wilson, H.M. and Anderson, L.l. 2004. Morphology and taxonomy of Paleozoic millipedes (Diplopoda Chilognatha Archipolypoda) fiom Scotland. Journal of Paleontology 78, 169-184. 

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