Lipan

Lipan; Julat zaman: Silurian Akhir hingga Sekarang
	Scolopendra sp. (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Haiwan
Filum:	Artropoda
Subfilum:	Myriapoda
Kelas:	Chilopoda; Latreille, 1817
Order dan Keluarga
	Scutigeromorpha Pselliodidae; Scutigeridae; Scutigerinidae; Lithobiomorpha Henicopidae; Lithobiidae; Craterostigmomorpha Craterostigmidae; Scolopendromorpha Cryptopidae; Scolopendridae; Scolopocryptopidae; Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae; Neogeophilidade; Geophilidae; Geophilidae; Linotaeniidae;

Lipan ialah artropod tergolong dalam kelas Chilopoda dalam subfilum Myriapoda. Lipan ialah haiwan panjang dengan sepasang kaki untuk setiap segmen badan. Lipan boleh mempunyai bilangan kaki dari bawah 20 hingga melebihi 300. Lipan mempunyai bilangan pasang kaki yang ganjil, contohnya 15 atau 17 pasang kaki (30 atau 34 kaki) tapi bukan 16 pasang kaki (32 kaki).^[1]^[2] Lipan biasanya ialah karnivor.^[3]^:168

Dianggarkan terdapat 8,000 spesies lipan di seluruh dunia,^[4] dan 3,000 telah dikenalpasti.

Rujukan

^ W. Arthur (2002). "The interaction between developmental bias and natural selection from centipede segmentation to a general hypothesis". Heredity. 89 (4): 239–246. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800139. PMID 12242638.
^ Wallace Arthur & Ariel D. Chapman (2005). "The centipede Strigamia maritima: what it can tell us about development and evolution of segmentation". Bioessays. 27 (6): 653–660. doi:10.1002/bies.20234. PMID 15892117.
^ J. G. E. Lewis (2007). The Biology of Centipedes. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521034111.
^ Joachim Adis & Mark S. Harvey (2000). "How many Arachnida and Myriapoda are there worldwide and in Amazonia?". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 35 (2): 139–141. doi:10.1076/0165-0521(200008)35:2;1-9;FT139.

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[1] W. Arthur (2002). "The interaction between developmental bias and natural selection from centipede segmentation to a general hypothesis". Heredity. 89 (4): 239–246. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800139. PMID 12242638.

[2] Wallace Arthur & Ariel D. Chapman (2005). "The centipede Strigamia maritima: what it can tell us about development and evolution of segmentation". Bioessays. 27 (6): 653–660. doi:10.1002/bies.20234. PMID 15892117.

[Biology-3] J. G. E. Lewis (2007). The Biology of Centipedes. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521034111.

[4] Joachim Adis & Mark S. Harvey (2000). "How many Arachnida and Myriapoda are there worldwide and in Amazonia?". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 35 (2): 139–141. doi:10.1076/0165-0521(200008)35:2;1-9;FT139.

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