myriapodophobia -> fear of millipedes
Chilopodophobia -> fear of centipedes
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Along with centipedes, the millipedes belong to the Myriapoda subphylum of Arthropoda.
NO! Millipedes are not dangerous. They are small but have many legs. Centipedes are dangerous, so don't freak out over millipedes. I should know cause millipedes are always in my house so I researched them.
An arthropod with a lot of legs would be a myriapod (subphylum Myriapoda's word origin here meaning exactly that, a lot of legs or feet), like the centipedes and millipedes.
No they are not, they just speed up the decomposers work of ridding the world of dead plants and animals they should slow down decomposition The primary decomposers are Bacteria and Fungi
Yes indeed centipedes and millipedes are arthropods; having the classic arthropod characteristics of segmented bodies, joint appendages, and an exoskeleton. They fall under the myriapod ("many-legs") subphylum below phylum Arthropoda (a separate grouping from the insects).