Psammodesmus bryophorus

Psammodesmus bryophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Platyrhacidae
Genus: Psammodesmus
Binomial name
Psammodesmus bryophorus
Hoffman, Martínez & Flórez, 2011

Psammodesmus bryophorus is a keeled millipede of the family Platyrhacidae native to Colombia. It was described in 2011, and with several species of symbiotic moss found growing on its dorsal surface, it is the first millipede known with epizoic plants.[1][2][3]

Three species of moss on P. bryophorus

References

  1. Hoffman, R., Martinez, D., & Florez, Eduardo (2011). "A new Colombian species in the millipede genus Psammodesmus, symbiotic host for bryophytes (Polydesmida: Platyrhacidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 3015: 52–60.
  2. Martínez-Torres, Shirley Daniella; Daza, Álvaro Eduardo Flórez; Linares-Castillo, Edgar Leonardo (2011). "Meeting between kingdoms: discovery of a close association between Diplopoda and Bryophyta in a transitional Andean-Pacific forest in Colombia". International Journal of Myriapodology 6: 29. doi:10.3897/ijm.6.2187.
  3. Marshall, Michael (22 September 2011). "Zoologger: Stealth millipede wears living camouflage". New Scientist.
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