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Species Euryurus leachii

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)
Family Euryuridae
Genus Euryurus
Species leachii (Euryurus leachii)
Explanation of Names
Euryurus leachii (Gray 1832)
Identification
...the species occurring in Indiana is E. leachii. (Rowland Shelley)
Gonopods
Habitat
almost exclusively in association with decaying hardwood logs/stumps near water (creeks, seepages, etc.), rarely in leaf litter and almost never in association with pines. (Rowland Shelley)