Xystocheir
Sign in to saveXystocheir is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. The genus is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Xystocheir is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, California and arthropod.
It sits within the topics Endemic fauna of California, Millipedes of North America and Polydesmida.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderPolydesmida
- FamilyXystodesmidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Xystodesmidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, NCSM, USNM, VPI
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Xystodesmidae
- Image
- Xystocheir dissecta dissecta.jpg
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- taxon name
- Xystocheir
- taxon rank
- genus
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Xystocheir is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. The genus is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada.
Since a 1996 revision there have been 9 species classified in the genus: Xystocheir bistipita Xystocheir brachymacris Xystocheir dissecta Xystocheir modestior Xystocheir prolixorama Xystocheir reducta Xystocheir solenofurcata Xystocheir stenomacris Xystocheir stolonifera
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xystocheir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.