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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Flat-backed Millipedes (Polydesmida) » Paradoxosomatidae » Oxidus » Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
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MillipedeFlatBackedTBID07062014 - Oxidus gracilis
Copyright © 2014 Rich

MillipedeFlatBackedTBID07062014 - Oxidus gracilis
Loxahatchee NWR, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
July 6, 2014
After torrential rains these critters were found all along the cypress board walk railing - literally hundreds.
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Contributed by Rich on 9 July, 2014 - 3:59pm
Last updated 29 July, 2018 - 9:55pm

O. gracilis
The relatively blunt posterior margins of the mid-body paranota distinguish these from Othromorpha coaractata (AKA Asiomorpha coarctata)
… Sam McNally, 29 July, 2018 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Paradoxosomatidae.
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Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 9 July, 2014 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Are they
flat backed millipedes?
… Rich, 10 July, 2014 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Paradoxosomatidae
Order Polydesmida ("flat backed millipedes"), family Paradoxosomatidae. The most common species is Oxidus gracilis, but there are others in Florida. All are non native.
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