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Polydesmidae
Polydesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida.
52 branches of this family, most-observed first
Polydesmus
genusPolydesmus
Pink Flat-backs
genusPseudopolydesmus
Scytonotus
genusScytonotus
Brachydesmus
genusBrachydesmus
Epanerchodus
genusEpanerchodus
Propolydesmus
genusPropolydesmus
Archipolydesmus
genusArchipolydesmus
Schizoturanius
genusSchizoturanius
Bidentogon
genusBidentogon
Soleurus
genusSoleurus
Nipponesmus
genusNipponesmus
Pacidesmus
genusPacidesmus
Serradium
genusSerradium
Calianotus
genusCalianotus
Eumastigonodesmus
genusEumastigonodesmus
Prionomatis
genusPrionomatis
Utadesmus
genusUtadesmus
Retrorsia
genusRetrorsia
Schizomeritius
genusSchizomeritius
Snoqualmia
genusSnoqualmia
Stygoerchodus
genusStygoerchodus
Stylobrachydesmus
genusStylobrachydesmus
Tolosanius
genusTolosanius
Troglobrachydesmus
genusTroglobrachydesmus
Turanodesmus
genusTuranodesmus
Usbekodesmus
genusUsbekodesmus
Antrochodus
genusAntrochodus
Bhutanodesmus
genusBhutanodesmus
Brembosoma
genusBrembosoma
Cretodesmus
genusCretodesmus
Goniodesmus
genusGoniodesmus
Heterocookia
genusHeterocookia
Himalodesmus
genusHimalodesmus
Huzichodus
genusHuzichodus
Kirgisdesmus
genusKirgisdesmus
Krenoerchodus
genusKrenoerchodus
Lophobrachydesmus
genusLophobrachydesmus
Mastigonodesmus
genusMastigonodesmus
Mastuchus
genusMastuchus
Niponchodus
genusNiponchodus
Nomarchus
genusNomarchus
Perapolydesmus
genusPerapolydesmus
Pseudomastuchus
genusPseudomastuchus
Riuerchodus
genusRiuerchodus
Sardodesmus
genusSardodesmus
Schedoleiodesmus
genusSchedoleiodesmus
Schizobrachydesmus
genusSchizobrachydesmus
Retrorsioides
genusRetrorsioides
Rowlandesmus
genusRowlandesmus
Benedictesmus
genusBenedictesmus
Uniramidesmus
genusUniramidesmus
Jaxartes
genusJaxartes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Polydesmidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121480.