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Family Parajulidae

Millipede - Uroblaniulus carolinensis Millipede Coiled millipede Unknown Millipede Very handsome, but what is the species? Millipede 3015
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Julida
Family Parajulidae
Explanation of Names
Parajulidae Bollman 1893
Numbers
~100 spp. in ~15 genera in our area(1), ~160 spp. in 34 genera total (8 tribes, 3 subfamilies)(2)
Range
most of NA (Alaska to Guatemala) & East Asia • the dominant millipede family in NA, occurs in the Alaskan panhandle, across Canada (BC―NB), in every state of the continental US & Mexico, and in most of Guatemala. ―Rowland Shelley
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.
2.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase