Two segments of Scolopendra

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Two segments of Scolopendra

Two segments of Scolopendra

Two segments of Scolopendra, showing the branching and anastomising tracheae and a spiracle (sp). (After Hasse, Zool Beiträge, i. pt. 65, 1884, by permission of J. N. Kern.)
Source: 1911 EB, Vol. 5, Page 672

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