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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirobolida » Atopetholidae
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Atopetholidae with white and gold bands
Copyright © 2010 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Atopetholidae with white and gold bands
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
October 11, 2010
Size: about 2 inches
Note the white and gold bands!

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 31 October, 2010 - 10:40am
Last updated 17 December, 2010 - 1:38pm

Moved
Moved from Spirobolida.
… v belov, 3 December, 2010 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Parajulidae.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 1 November, 2010 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

 
I added 2 more images...
...taken at the same time, and some higher resolution crops from them.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 4 November, 2010 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

I can't get a good look and s
I can't get a good look and say for certain, but I think this is a representative of the Atopetholidae (Spirobolida), and Sta. Cruz Co. would be a new northern limit for the family, previously known from Monterey Co. southward. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 31 October, 2010 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Spirobolida! That would be a first for me!
Looking at this again, I can see that this does have a different shape from the smaller millipedes I see at night in the parking lot. Aside from just being larger, this is much wider in the middle than at the ends, and also wider in proportion to its length.

The next time I see one, I will be sure to get some better photos. I am going to move it to Spirobolida, and correct my title!

Thanks for the ID help and the information. That would be great if I could get follow up photos that would establish a new northern limit for the Atopetholidae family!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 1 November, 2010 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

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