| Polydesmida | |
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| Apheloria virginiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Subclass: | Chilognatha |
| Infraclass: | Helminthomorpha |
| Subterclass: | Eugnatha |
| Superorder: | Merocheta Cook, 1895 |
| Order: | Polydesmida Leach, 1815[1] |
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Proterospermatophora Verhoeff, 1900 | |
Polydesmida (from the Greek poly "many" and desmos "bond") is the largest order of millipedes, with more than 5,000 species,[2][3] including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN).[4] This order is also the most diverse of the millipede orders in terms of morphology.[5] Millipedes in this order are found in all regions of the world other than Antarctica.[5]
- ^ Robert Mesibov (2005). "A new genus of millipede (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania with a pseudo-articulated gonopod telopodite" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1064: 39–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1064.1.4.
- ^ "Polydesmida Leach, 1815 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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