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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirostreptida » Choctellidae » Choctella » Choctella cumminsi
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Coiled millipede - Choctella cumminsi
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Coiled millipede - Choctella cumminsi
West Meade, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
May 28, 2011

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 July, 2011 - 2:33pm
Last updated 4 July, 2011 - 7:14pm

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Wow, thanks! I thought the color was odd, and wondered if it might have recently molted.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 July, 2011 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

The color is quite unusual, b
The color is quite unusual, but the enlarged collum and general body form suggest to me that this is Choctella cumminsi Chamberlin (Spirostreptida: Choctellidae). This is an endemic species in central TN and an endemic famioly in the Cumberland Plateau, the other species, Choctella hubrichti Hoffman occurs in northern Alabama. Noone is certain what Choctellidae is related to. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 4 July, 2011 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

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