| Paeromopus | |
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| Paeromopus angusticeps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Julida |
| Family: | Paeromopodidae |
| Genus: | Paeromopus Karsch, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Paeromopus angusticeps Wood, 1864
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| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paeromopellus Verhoeff, 1938 | |
Paeromopus is a genus of large cylindrical millipedes endemic to the U.S. state of California. All species exceed 10 centimeters (4 inches) in length, and the largest, P. paniculus, reaching 16.5 cm (6.5 inches) is the longest millipede species in North America.[1][2] The genus was named by German entomologist Ferdinand Karsch in 1881 and contains four species: three occupying small ranges in the Sierra Nevada mountains and one occupying a large range including the Sierra Nevada and much of Northern California to the Central Coast.
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