| Japyx | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | Diplura |
| Family: | Japygidae |
| Subfamily: | Japyginae |
| Genus: | Japyx Haliday, 1864 |
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Japyx is a genus of diplurans belonging to the family Japygidae. These eyeless, predatory hexapods largely shun direct sunlight, remaining under stones and among detritus, where they use pincer-like cerci to catch their tiny prey.
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The japygids are a taxon of hexapods, of the order Diplura, commonly known as forcepstails.
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Metajapyx is a genus of forcepstails in the family Japygidae. There are more than 30 described species in Metajapyx.
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