Assertion: millipede's number | /r/HasProperty | variable
Facets:
value: in most geophilomorph centipedes
type: OTHER
value: within the species
type: OTHER
value: higher in females
type: OTHER
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: in these two groups
type: OTHER
value: between species of myriapods
type: OTHER
value: quite
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: While insects only have 6 pairs of legs, the number of legs is quite variable between species of myriapods.
text: The number of legs of centipedes is varied.
text: The rest of the body consists of homogeneous, distinctly delimited segments, the number of which is mostly constant for certain species (in the adult state), but in the whole class of M. varies very widely (from 10 segments from Pauropoda to 173 from Himaparium Diplopoda).
text: In these two groups, the number of antennal articles is mostly high and variable, but it is fixed and generally lower in the other groups (14 in all Geophilomorpha and 17 in most Scolopendromorpha).
text: In most geophilomorph centipedes, to the exclusion of the vast majority of the Mecistocephalidae, the number of trunk segments is variable within the species and higher in females.
text: In addition, the number and size of coxal pores may be variables affecting centipede water balance.