uk ones i got told they have 18 leg's any one now for sure.
2007-03-23 02:58:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Centipedes have 100 legs. The prefix cent- means one hundred. See the ped- in the word centePEDes. Ped means foot or child. In this case it means foot. So you can remember that Centipedes have cent-100 feet-ped.
Hope that helps!
2007-03-23 03:05:11 · answer #1 · answered by BlueSmiley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Centipedes have between 15 and 173 segments (not sure how they get the maximum, but thats a lot!)
Each segment has one pair of legs.
Therefore they can have between 30 and 346 legs - depending on the number of segments they have.
Though their name means 'hundred legged' (or something like that) - they usually are found with about half that, though from the above details, they can also have much more than that.
Millipedes have two pair of legs per segment, and are found with 20-100+ segments. This means normally they are found with 80-400 legs. Rare cases have been found with over 750 legs though not the 1000-legs that their name implies.
2007-03-23 10:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by Searching 4 Answers 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-23 10:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by gilyoung 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its 100 legs hence the word CENTipedes Cent means 100
2007-03-23 10:07:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Centipedes have between 50 and 80 legs. Millipedes have up to 150.
2007-03-23 10:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
one pair of legs per segment millipedes have two pairs
2007-03-23 10:04:31 · answer #6 · answered by darth tidiot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40 something
2007-03-23 11:00:04 · answer #7 · answered by bavwill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
39 and a half!!!!!
2007-03-23 10:06:41 · answer #8 · answered by silent bob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋