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Polydesmidea
Polydesmidea is a suborder of flat-backed millipedes under the order Polydesmida.
28 branches of this suborder, most-observed first
Polydesmoides
infraorderPolydesmoides
Oniscodesmoides
infraorderOniscodesmoides
Arndtodesmus
genusArndtodesmus
Aipotropis
genusAipotropis
Aphlotes
genusAphlotes
Barathrodesmus
genusBarathrodesmus
Choridesmus
genusChoridesmus
Cocacolaria
genusCocacolaria
Comodesmus
genusComodesmus
Dasyodontus
genusDasyodontus
Discodesmus
genusDiscodesmus
Eneillissomus
genusEneillissomus
Fijiodesmus
genusFijiodesmus
Gymnogonodesmus
genusGymnogonodesmus
Hynidesmus
genusHynidesmus
Hystrichodesmus
genusHystrichodesmus
Mauritiosoma
genusMauritiosoma
Mesethodesmus
genusMesethodesmus
Moojenodesmus
genusMoojenodesmus
Paraphilus
genusParaphilus
Peronorchus
genusPeronorchus
Pilochilus
genusPilochilus
Plusiogonodesmus
genusPlusiogonodesmus
Tichodesmus
genusTichodesmus
Mastodesmus
genusMastodesmus
Phlyctodesmus
genusPhlyctodesmus
Hyperothrix
genusHyperothrix
Cotylotropis
genusCotylotropis
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 Polydesmidea 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 711088.