Polydesmida

Polydesmida
Apheloria virginiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
Suborders
Synonyms

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Polydesmida Leach, 1815 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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  4. ^ Thomas Eisner (2005). "Vinegaroons and other wizards". For Love of Insects. Harvard University Press. pp. 44–73. ISBN 978-0-674-01827-3.
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