%0 Journal Article
%T Character changes during the early post-embryonic development of the centipede Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)
%A Vedel, V.
%A Arthur, W.
%J International Journal of Myriapodology
%D 2009
%V 2
%N 1
%F Vedel+Arthur2009
%O Character changes during the early post-embryonic development of the centipede Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha); doi:10.1163/187525409X462412
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%X For many kinds of ecological, evolutionary and developmental study, it is important to be able to describe the life-history of the individuals of a particular species/population. In the case of myriapods and other arthropods, this involves separating the different life-history stages (or stadia or instars) that are separated by moults. However, it has recently been pointed out that in the earliest post-embryonic stages the cuticle is still quite flexible; this means that visible external developmental changes can occur between moults as well as during them. Here, we provide evidence for such inter-moult changes in the coastal geophilomorph centipede Strigamia maritima. The character states studied enable finer-scale resolution of early post-embryonic forms than was hitherto possible. Specifically, we describe five transitional forms during a period in which just two (Peripatoid and Foetus) have traditionally been recognized
%K MOULT DEVELOPMENT ARTHROPOD POST-EMBRYONIC STAGE MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE MYRIAPOD CENTIPEDE EVO-DEVO
%U http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/ijm/2009/00000002/00000001/art00003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187525409X462412
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187525409X462412
%P 53-61