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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirostreptida » Spirostreptidae

Family Spirostreptidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Female Millipede - Orthoporus texicolens - female Millipede - Orthoporus Bright orange millipede - Orthoporus Centipede sp? - Orthoporus Orthoporus? - Orthoporus Orthoporus flavior - Orthoporus flavior Orthoporus ornatus - female Orthoporus ornatus - Orthoporus ornatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Spirostreptida
Family Spirostreptidae
Explanation of Names
Spirostreptidae Brandt 1833
Numbers
6 spp. (all Orthoporus) in our area, ~850 spp. in 100 genera of 5 tribes total(1)
Range
New World, e. Mediterranean, Africa
Works Cited
1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 8:16pm

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