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Opisthocheiridae
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Opisthocheiridae

Opisthocheiridae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family includes 40 species distributed among seven genera. These millipedes are found in western Europe and Morocco.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Ceratosphys

genusCeratosphys

Marquetiella

genusMarquetiella

Opisthocheiron

genusOpisthocheiron

Hispaniosoma

genusHispaniosoma

Brachytropisoma

genusBrachytropisoma

Sireuma

genusSireuma

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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 982632.