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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Polyzoniida

Order Polyzoniida

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Polyzoniida - Petaserpes strictus Polyzoniid Millipede - Petaserpes Polyzoniid Millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus Polyzoniid Millipede - Petaserpes Orange millipede - Bdellozonium cerviculatum Yellowish millipede - Petaserpes cryptocephalus Unknown Millipede - Rhinotus purpureus Pink-orange millipede - Bdellozonium - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polyzoniida
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ommatophora Brandt 1840, Orthozonia Verhoeff 1840
Explanation of Names
Polyzoniida Cook 1895
Numbers
2 native families in NA + one introduced (Siphonotidae)(1), ~130 spp. in 28 genera total(2)
Identification
Leech-shaped body: back domed or arched, ventral side flat. Small, cone-shaped head. Few ocelli. Dorsal groove absent. Paranota absent. Similar to Platydesmida (flat with tiny heads and from 30 to 192 body rings) but smooth and without dorsal groove. Body usually cream(3)
Range
In our area, BC to southern Sierra Nevada and central California coast; QC‒GA(1)
Habitat
Moist soil and leaf litter
Food
plant material
Works Cited
1.Centipedes and Millipedes, with an Emphasis on North American Fauna
Rowland M. Shelley. 1999. Emporia State University.
2.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
3.Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky. 2001. St. Martin's Press.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 7:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov, biosam
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 5:29pm

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