Callipodida
| Callipodida | |
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| Tetracion jonesi (Abacionidae), a species from the southern United States | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Subclass: | Chilognatha |
| Infraclass: | Helminthomorpha |
| Superorder: | Nematophora |
| Order: | Callipodida Pocock, 1894 |
| Suborders | |
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Callipodidea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lysiopetalida Chamberlin, 1943 | |
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Callipodida (from Greek kallos "beauty" and podus "leg") is an order of millipedes containing around 130 species, many characterized by crests or ridges.
Description
Callipodida are long and narrow millipedes, up to 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in length with 40-60 body segments. A dorsal groove is present running down the mid-line of the body, and many species are ornamented with longitudinal crests or ridges.[1][2] Sexually mature males possess a single pair of gonopods, consisting of the modified anterior leg pair of the 7th body segment, and carried concealed within a pouch.[2][3]
Distribution
Callipodida occurs in North America, Europe, west Asia, southern China and Southeast Asia.[4]
Classification
The order Callipodida contains three suborders, seven families, and approximately 130 species.[5] The genus Sinocallipus, which constitutes the suborder Sinocallipodidea, is thought to be the most primitive, and a sister group to all other callipodans.[6]
- Suborder Callipodidea
- Callipodidae
- Suborder Schizopetalidea
- Abacionidae
- Caspiopetalidae
- Dorypetalidae
- Paracortinidae
- Schizopetalidae
- Suborder Sinocallipodidea
References
- ↑ "Diagnostic features of Millipede Orders" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- 1 2 Shelley, Rowland M. (1999). "Centipedes and Millipedes with Emphasis on North American Fauna". The Kansas School Naturalist 45 (3): 1–16.
- ↑ Stoev, P.; Sierwald, P.; Billey, A (2008). "An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1706: 1–50.
- ↑ "Biogeography of Millipede Orders" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Shear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148. pp. 159–164. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7.
- ↑ Stoev, Pavel; Enghoff, Henrik (2011). "A review of the millipede genus Sinocallipus Zhang, 1993 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Sinocallipodidae), with notes on gonopods monotony vs. peripheral diversity in millipedes". ZooKeys 90 (0). doi:10.3897/zookeys.90.1291.
External links
Data related to Callipodida at Wikispecies- Callipodida at the Encyclopedia of Life
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