Centipedes are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which also includes millipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Centipedes are elongated metameric creatures with one pair of legs per body segment. Most centipedes are venomous and can inflict painful bites, injecting their venom through pincer-like appendages known as forcipules. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs, ranging from 30 to 354. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. Therefore, no centipede has exactly 100 legs. Like spiders and scorpions, centipedes are predominantly carnivorous.
Ka-Zar of Prehistoria[]
Centipedes are one of the only modern creatures in Prehistoria where they are called Fwampop by cavemen tribes. These insects some mostly about the same size as their counterparts of the modern day, however some are as big as an Eohippus and roam the jungles of Prehistoria.