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Genus Pseudotremia

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Chordeumatida
Family Cleidogonidae
Genus Pseudotremia
Explanation of Names
Pseudotremia Cope 1869
Numbers
>60 spp. total(1)
Identification
Pseudotremia have a rough dorsum that other Cleidogonids lack. Many also have rounded segmental "shoulders" (Shear 1972)
Range
Indiana to Alabama, east to western Virginia
Habitat
Often in caves, but also in above-ground habitats