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Genus Narceus

large millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex

Monstrous Big Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex

Millipede - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex

Which multipede? - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex

Narceus americanus-annularis-complex? - Narceus americanus-annularis-complex

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Spirobolida

Family Spirobolidae

Genus Narceus

Explanation of Names

Narceus Rafinesque 1820

Rafinesque simply states: "the name is mythological", possibly referring to Narcæus, a son of Bacchus and Physcoa

Numbers

5 spp. total(1)

Range

2 spp. endemic to Florida, the rest throughout e. & c. NA(2)

See Also

Tylobolus and Hiltonius are similar genera in w.US

Works Cited

1.	Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase

2.	Distribution of the milliped genus Narceus Rafinesque, 1820 (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) Occurrences in New England and west... Shelley, R., C.T. McAllister & M.F. Medrano. 2006. Western North American Naturalist, 66(3): 374-389.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov, biosam
Last updated 6 November, 2023 - 6:43pm

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