Genus Pseudopolydesmus

Classification · Identification · Range

Millipede-any idea whick one? - Pseudopolydesmus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Polydesmida

Family Polydesmidae

Genus Pseudopolydesmus

Identification

"It superficially resembles the introduced European species of the genus Polydesmus, hence the generic name, but . . . the dorsum is flatter and smoother." [from comment by Rowland Shelley]

Range

Endemic to North America.

Contributed by tom murray on 6 March, 2007 - 10:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 10:14am

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