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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Chordeumatida

Order Chordeumatida

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Internet References
Millipede millipede - Opiona columbiana Millipede - Cleidogona - male Tiny millipede Tiny millipede Underwoodia sp.? ZE.26806_Austrotyla_stephensoni - Austrotyla stephensoni - male Millipede
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Chordeumatida
Numbers
About 45 families worldwide, 14 in North America.
Size
4-25mm
Identification
Body short, tapering to end. Long legs. Eyes usually present. Dorsal groove present. With or without paranota. 26-32 segments, most with 30. Caudal end with spinnerets. Collum segment often slender, giving appearance of a “neck”.
Internet References
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 March, 2007 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, biosam
Last updated 24 December, 2015 - 6:05pm

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