| Polyzoniida | |
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| Octoglena bivirgata from the western United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Subclass: | Chilognatha |
| Infraclass: | Helminthomorpha |
| Clade: | Colobognatha |
| Order: | Polyzoniida Cook, 1895 |
| Families | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ommatophora Brandt, 1840 | |
Polyzoniida is an order of millipedes in the subterclass Colobognatha.[1][2] This order contains three families and more than 70 described species.[1][3] The species in this order are also known as camphor millipedes, because ozopore secretions in this order frequently have a strong camphor-like smell.[4][3] Poison frogs in South America and Madagascar evidently obtain some of their poison from these millipedes.[3]
- ^ a b Shear, William (2011). Zhang, Z. (ed.). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148 (Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness): 159-164 [159].
- ^ "MilliBase - Polyzoniida". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ a b c Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453 [387-390]. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 9789004188273.
- ^ Henen, Derek; Brown, Jeff. Millipedes of Ohio (PDF). Ohio Division of Wildlife. pp. 3, 18–19.