Chicobolus spinigerus
Florida ivory millipede | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Spirobolida |
Family: | Spirobolidae |
Genus: | Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947 |
Species: | C. spinigerus |
Binomial name | |
Chicobolus spinigerus (Wood), 1864 | |
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Chicobolus spinigerus, commonly known as the ivory millipede or Florida ivory millipede,[2] is a millipede species native to the southeastern United States, occurring throughout the Florida Peninsula and panhandle, as well as southern Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.[1][3] Males normally range from 40 to 85 mm (1.6 to 3.3 in) long, females up to 90 mm (3.5 in).[3]
References
- 1 2 Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.
- ↑ McGonicle, Orin (2012). Millipeds in Captivity. Coachwhip Publications. pp. 87–89. ISBN 1616461438.
- 1 2 Keeton, William T. (1960). "A taxonomic study of the milliped family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda; Spirobolida)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 17: 1–146.
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