Symphyla

Taxonomy

	Kingdom	Phylum	Subphylum	Class
Classification	Animalia	Arthropoda	Myriapoda	Symphyla

Description

Symphylans are small pseudocentipedes in the phylum Arthropoda and the subphylum Myriapoda. Though they resemble centipedes, they are much smaller ranging in size from 2 to 30 millimeters, and are translucent in color [1]. Symphyla have two body regions, a head and a segmented trunk, containing 12 segments with one pair of legs in each on the trunk which allow them to move rapidly throughout the soil, and segmented antennae on the head [1]. Sympylans also have a postantennal organ on their head region, similar to collembola, and 3 mouth parts [1].