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Andrognathidae
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Andrognathidae

Platydesmida (Greek for platy "flat" and desmos "bond") is an order of millipedes containing two families and over 60 species. Some species practice paternal care, in which males guard the eggs.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

Bazillozoniinae

subfamilyBazillozoniinae

Dolisteninae

subfamilyDolisteninae

Andrognathinae

subfamilyAndrognathinae

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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 81978.