The centipede is named by the number of legs it possesses. If you ever forget and ask yourself "how many legs does a centipede have?" just look at the prefix on the name. 'Cent' translates to mean 100 and there is your answer.
Although some species of centipede do indeed have 100 legs it can vary from less than 100 to 200. Therefore it is more correct to say that a centipede can have 100 legs rather than it does have this many.
While the word centipede literally means "100-footed," most centipedes do not have 100 legs. The number of legs a centipede has depends upon the number of body segments that make up its body and these numbers vary by species. Centipedes have one pair of legs per segment, with two pairs on each of the last two segments.
A fully equipped adult centipede can have between 15 and 177 pairs of legs. Members of the Orders Lithobiomorpha and Scutigeromorpha have 15 pairs of legs. Unlike other centipede species, the Scutigera have long, multi-articulate, hairy legs, which enable them to establish a solid grip on the ground and move very quickly. However, Scutigera centipedes are not capable of pushing themselves through soil or into detritus. The house centipede has a rounded trunk with long, delicate legs, while the Geophilomorphs have long, slender bodies with up to 177 pairs of short legs. The colorful Scolopendromorphs have from 21 to 23 pairs of legs.
The body segment behind the centipede's head contains two legs, which have been modified into venomous fangs for hunting prey. To aid in balance and agility, the legs of most centipede species become progressively longer the further away they are from the head. The last pair of legs trails behind the centipede's body and is equipped with sensory bristles. These legs act as a supplementary pair of antennae, allowing centipedes to back out of tight spaces. Centipedes are capable of dropping their legs when their survival depends upon it and can regenerate these body parts after shedding them.
ity depends on the type of centipede
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Centipedes have roughly 42 legs, which is just an average number. Centipede legs come in uneven pairing so the numbers 32, 36, 40, etc. can't be used. And, if anybody tells you centipedes have 100 legs, don't listen to them.
most have between 21 and 23 pairs of legs. Earth centipedes are longer and have 31 pairs. Some other species are known to have 300
Unlike millipedes, centipedes have poison claws or fangs on their front legs.
Anything between 20 and 300. See link below.
Millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment.
Centipedes and millipedes are in the same phylum but in different classes.Millipedes and centipedes are in the class Myriapoda, meaning, 'two legs per segment.'If you ever saw a little insect curled up into a ball and thought it was a centipede, you were wrong.Millipedes are herbivores, are twice as fast as a caterpillar, and have two defense mechanisms. Millipedes have stink glands,and can curl up into a ball.Centipedes, however, are carnivores, are very, very fast, and is poisonous.To tell centipedes and millipedes apart, is really quite easy. Centipedes has it's legs spread out wide. Centipedes are really quite scary looking. Millipedes, however, has it's legs neatly underneath it's body. Centipedes have very few legs, why, you could count them. Millipedes have lots of legs. You wouldn't be able to count them unless you got up close which I would not do.
Centipedes have 2 legs per segment except for on the last two.. Therefore, it would have 56 legs.
There are many different types (species) of centipedes, and each has a different number of legs. The number of legs on a centipede can range from 20 to 300.
If you mean by that centipedes travel using their legs, then the short answer is yes.
Centipedes have 100 legs.
Centipedes have 100 legs an millipedes have 1000 legs.
Centipedes - baby or otherwise - have anywhere from 30 to 354 legs.
They all have differentt amounts of legs, its a myth that centipedes all have 100 legs as most have about 42 legs. :)
centipedes have 100 legs
there is nothing i can think of that has that many legs
centipedes- 700-950 legs millipedes- 350,000-700,000 legs
centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of legs, e.g. 15 or 17 pairs of legs (30 or 34 legs) but never 16 pairs (32 legs). A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or "forcipules" formed from a modified first appendage. Centipedes are a predominantly carnivorous taxon.
All centipedes have 100 legs, hence the name centipede (centi meaning 100).