Editing Telson (section)

==Myriapods==
[[File:Millipede telson.jpg|thumb|Telson of a millipede, including an epiproct (e), hypoproct (h) and paraprocts (p)]]
In [[millipedes]], the telson consists of a legless pre-anal body segment (which may contain a posterior extension known as an ''epiproct''), a pair of anal valves (''paraprocts'') or plates closing off the anus, and a plate below the anus (''hypoproct''), also known as a subanal scale.<ref name=SierwaldBond2007>{{cite journal|last=Sierwald|first=Petra|author2=Bond, Jason E. |title=Current Status of the Myriapod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes): Taxonomic Diversity and Phylogeny|journal=Annual Review of Entomology|year=2007|volume=52|issue=1|pages=401–420|doi=10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210|pmid=17163800}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mesibov|first=Robert|title=Tail|url=http://www.polydesmida.info/polydesmida/tail.html|work=External Anatomy of Polydesmida|access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref>

In [[centipedes]] the telson is the hindmost body segment, posterior to the genital openings, bearing two anal valves.<ref name="Lewis 2008">{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=J. G. E.|title=The Biology of Centipedes.|year=2008|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|location=Cambridge|isbn=9780521034111|edition=Digitally printed 1st paperback version.}}</ref>