Greenhouse millipede

Oxidus gracilis

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus: Oxidus
Species:
O. gracilis
Binomial name
Oxidus gracilis
(C. L. Koch, 1847)
Synonyms[2]

Fontaria gracilis C. L. Koch,1847
Paradesmus dasys Bollman, 1887
Orthomorpha gracilis Bollman, 1893
Kepolydesmus sontus Chamberlin, 1910
Oxidus gracilis Cook, 1911

The greenhouse millipede (Oxidus gracilis), also known as the hothouse millipede, short-flange millipede, or garden millipede, is a species of millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae that has been widely introduced around the world, and is sometimes a pest in greenhouses.[3]

  1. ^ "Oxidus gracilis - (C.L. Koch, 1847)". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. Version 7.1. NatureServe. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  2. ^ Hoffman, R. L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553. p. 46-417
  3. ^ McCormack, Gerald (2007). "Oxidus gracilis, Short-flange Millipede". Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Retrieved 20 May 2014.