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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Paradoxosomatidae » Akamptogonus » Akamptogonus novarae

Species Akamptogonus novarae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)
Family Paradoxosomatidae
Genus Akamptogonus
Species novarae (Akamptogonus novarae)
Explanation of Names
Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & Saussure 1869)
Size
up to 20 mm
Range
an Australian species sparsely reported along the coast of California(1); also introduced to Hawaii, Tasmania, and New Zealand • "common in Golden Gate Park" ‒Rowland Shelley
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.A new North American region colonized by the Australian millipede Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869)...
Recuero E., García-París M. 2016. North-Western J. Zool. 12: 385‒389.
2.Atlas of Living Australia
Contributed by Sam McNally on 23 February, 2014 - 4:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 1 November, 2023 - 9:15pm

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