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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Platydesmida

Order Platydesmida

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Brachycybe rosea in Nevada City, Ca - Brachycybe Andrognathids - Gosodesmus claremontus Pink millipede - Brachycybe Brachycybe? - Gosodesmus claremontus Brachycybe rosea? - Brachycybe rosea Gosodesmus sp. - Gosodesmus claremontus Millipede - Gosodesmus claremontus Millipede? Very dorsal-laterally flattened, knobby antennae, dorsal stripe - Brachycybe
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Platydesmida
Explanation of Names
Platydesmida Cook 1895
Numbers
About a dozen species in our area, all in Andrognathidae; close to 70 spp. in 14 genera of 2 families total(1)
Size
Up to 60 mm
Identification
Body flat with tiny heads and 30‒192 body rings. Eyes absent. Paranota always present. In males the 9th and 10th pairs of legs modified as gonopods. Body usually pink. The rough dorsum with a narrow groove.(2)
Range
in our area: s.WV & c.KY to s.AL, LA, and w.AR; ID; n. CA
See Also
Polyzoniida lack paranota and dorsal groove, and are more round than flat.
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
2.Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky. 2001. St. Martin's Press.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov, biosam
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 9:09pm

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