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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Spirostreptida » Choctellidae » Choctella » Choctella cumminsi

Species Choctella cumminsi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range
Coiled millipede - Choctella cumminsi Coiled millipede - Choctella cumminsi Millipede - Choctella cumminsi Diplopoda - Choctella cumminsi millipede - Choctella cumminsi Choctella cumminsi - male Choctella cumminsi - male Choctella cumminsi - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Spirostreptida
Family Choctellidae
Genus Choctella
Species cumminsi (Choctella cumminsi)
Explanation of Names
Choctella cumminsi Chamberlin 1918
Identification
The posterior gonopods lack the subterminal branch that is found in C. hubrichti. Dorsal stripe more diffuse and ill-defined (thinner/sharper in C. hubrichti)
Range
central Tennessee & n. Alabama. Most records are from north of the Tennessee River.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 July, 2011 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by v belov, DerekHennen
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 8:21pm

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