Spirobolida is an order of "round-backed" millipedes containing approximately 500 species in 12 families.[1] Its members are distinguished by the presence of a "pronounced suture that runs "vertically down the front of the head".[2] Most of the species live in the tropics, and many are brightly coloured.[2] Mature males have two pairs of modified legs, the gonopods, consisting of the 8th and 9th leg pair: the posterior gonopods are used in sperm-transfer while the anterior gonopods are fused into a single plate-like structure.[3]
Eucarlia, a genus of threatened Indo-Pacific millipedes
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^ abShear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 159–164.
spirobolida, confused, with, spirostreptida, order, round, backed, millipedes, containing, approximately, species, families, members, distinguished, presence, pronounced, suture, that, runs, vertically, down, front, head, most, species, live, tropics, many, br. Not to be confused with Spirostreptida Spirobolida is an order of round backed millipedes containing approximately 500 species in 12 families 1 Its members are distinguished by the presence of a pronounced suture that runs vertically down the front of the head 2 Most of the species live in the tropics and many are brightly coloured 2 Mature males have two pairs of modified legs the gonopods consisting of the 8th and 9th leg pair the posterior gonopods are used in sperm transfer while the anterior gonopods are fused into a single plate like structure 3 SpirobolidaNarceus americanusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaSubphylum MyriapodaClass DiplopodaSuperorder JuliformiaOrder SpirobolidaBollman 1893Families12 See textSynonymsAnocheta Cook 1895 Haplogonophora Brolemann 1931 Front and rear views of the anterior A B and posterior left C D gonopods of a spirobolidanThe families are divided into two suborders 1 Suborder Spirobolidea Allopocockiidae Atopetholidae Floridobolidae Hoffmanobolidae Messicobolidae Pseudospirobolellidae Rhinocricidae Spirobolellidae Spirobolidae TyphlobolellidaeSuborder Trigoniulidea Pachybolidae TrigoniulidaeSelect species editNarceus americanus a commonly seen species in eastern North America Crurifarcimen vagans the Wandering Leg Sausage Anadenobolus monilicornis the Yellow banded Millipede Eucarlia a genus of threatened Indo Pacific millipedesReferences edit a b Shear W 2011 Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais 1844 In Zhang Z Q Ed Animal biodiversity An outline of higher level classification and survey of taxonomic richness PDF Zootaxa 3148 159 164 a b Stephen P Hopkin amp Helen J Read 1992 Taxonomy evolution and zoogeography The Biology of millipedes Oxford University Press pp 8 23 ISBN 978 0 19 857699 0 Putative apomorphies of millipede clades PDF Milli PEET Millipede Systematics The Field Museum Chicago IL 26 September 2006 External links edit nbsp Arthropods portal nbsp Media related to Spirobolida at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Spirobolida at Wikispecies Spirobolida at the Encyclopedia of Life nbsp nbsp This myriapoda related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spirobolida amp oldid 1180032667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
