Siphonophorida
Sign in to saveSiphonophorida (Greek for "tube bearer") is an order of millipedes containing two families and over 100 species.
Species
ギボウシヤスデ目
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderSiphonophorida
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 251
- Collections
- FMNH
- Recorded in
- Perú, MéXico, Madagascar, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Panamá, Costa Rica, Jamaica
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- Parent taxon
- Colobognatha
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- Female Illacme plenipes (MIL0020) with 618 legs - ZooKeys-241-077-SP-6-left.jpg
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Siphonophorida (Greek for "tube bearer") is an order of millipedes containing two families and over 100 species.
==Description== Millipedes in the order Siphonophorida are long and worm-like, reaching up to in length and up to 190 body segments. Eyes are absent, and in many species the head is elongated into a long beak, with mandibles highly reduced. The beak may serve in a suctorial function. The body has a dense covering of fine setae. Each body segment consists of a dorsal tergite, two lateral pleurites, and ventral sternite, which are unfused. The male reproductive appendages (gonopods) are simple and leg-like, consisting of the ninth and 10th leg pairs. This lack of specialization has led to Siphonophorida being called a "taxonomist's nightmare", and Jeekel (cited in) jokingly gave the order the "taxonomists' award for least popular group among diplopods".
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