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Pauropoda

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Pauropoda, an order of Myriapoda, including only the genus Pauropus - described by Sir John Lubbock - and Eupauropus. They differ from their nearest allies, the Millipedes, in the small number of body segments and the few joints in the antennae. They live among damp decaying leaves, and are small in size.

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