A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)

Scheller, Ulf

doi:10.1163/187525408x316730

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“…Various species are herbivorous and many are detritivorous, playing an important role in breaking down decaying plant material but most centipedes actively hunt for prey [185]. Myriapods range in size from the nearly microscopically small Pauropoda and Symphyla [186] to the thirty centimeters long millipede Illacme plenipes Cook & Loomis, 1928 (Siphonorhinidae) discovered in California, USA, that has about 750 legs and is considered 'the world's leggiest animal' [187]. However, extinct millipedes from the genus Arthropleura Meyer, 1854 (in the extinct class Arthropleuridea) from the late Carboniferous (315 to 299 million years ago) was giant in size, having reached up to three meters in length and forty-six centimeters in width [188].…”

Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Pauropoda (from the Greek words 'pauro' for 'few' and 'podo' for 'foot') are a sister group to the millipedes comprising around 830 species in twelve families [186]. They lack eyes and their soft, cylindrical bodies reach a length of less than two millimeters and are white-or brown-colored [186]. The Symphyla (from the Greek words 'syn' and 'phyla' for 'with' and 'types', respectively, reflecting the affinity of the group with both myriapods and insects) encompass worldwide about thirty eyeless species in two families [186].…”

Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They lack eyes and their soft, cylindrical bodies reach a length of less than two millimeters and are white-or brown-colored [186]. The Symphyla (from the Greek words 'syn' and 'phyla' for 'with' and 'types', respectively, reflecting the affinity of the group with both myriapods and insects) encompass worldwide about thirty eyeless species in two families [186]. They superficially resemble centipedes but are translucent and smaller, reaching a body length of two to ten millimeters [186].…”

Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the global animal biodiversity in the search for new drugs – Spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, centipedes, and millipedes

Mans¹

2017

J Transl Sci

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Drug discovery and development programs have historically mainly focused on plants with medicinal properties and the extensive knowledge of traditional healers about these plants. More recently, the vast array of marine invertebrates and insects throughout the world have been recognized as additional sources for identifying unusual lead compounds to obtain structurally novel and mechanistically unique therapeutics. The results from these efforts are encouraging and have yielded a number of clinically useful drugs. However, many arthropods other than insects -such as spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, centipedes, and millipedes -also produce hundreds of bioactive substances in their venom that may become useful in the clinic. Many of these chemicals are defensive and predatory weapons of these creatures and have been refined during millions of years of evolution to rapidly and with high specificity and high affinity shut down critical molecular targets in prey and predators. Exploration of these compounds may lead to the development of, among others, novel drugs for treating diseases caused by abnormalities in humans in the same (evolutionary conserved) molecular targets such as erectyle dysfunction, botulism, and autoimmune disorders, as well as the identification of novel antineoplastic, antimicrobial, and antiparasitic compounds. This paper addresses the importance of bioactive compounds from spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, centipedes, and millipedes to these advances.

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Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Myriapodamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Myriapodamentioning

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Exploring the global animal biodiversity in the search for new drugs – Spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, centipedes, and millipedes

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2017

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“…The genus has three species, B. penanorum (Scheller) and B. prolatus (Scheller), both from Sabah (in Scheller et al 1994 andScheller, 2001 respectively), and B. curtipes Scheller from Indonesia (Scheller 2009). The Tasmanian species is well delineated from them all in having the tergites II-IV transversely divided (II, IV, V in penanorum, II, IV in prolatus, II-V in curtipes).…”

Section: Family Brachypauropodidae Genus Borneopauropus Schellermentioning

confidence: 99%