Family Craspedosomatidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks

Millipede - Craspedosoma rawlinsii - male

Craspedosoma rawlinsii? - Craspedosoma rawlinsii

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Chordeumatida

Family Craspedosomatidae

Explanation of Names

Craspedosomatidae Gray in Jones 1843

Numbers

at least 30 genera and 210 described species

Identification

Ocelli well-developed, body with rounded, lobe-like paranota

Range

Native to Europe, known in North America in the vicinity of Hull, QC

Remarks

First reported in North America by Shelley (1990), identified from specimens taken in moss on a dead tree stump in Gatineau Park.

Contributed by Derek Hennen on 15 January, 2017 - 9:34pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 November, 2023 - 5:03pm

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