Polyzoniida is an order of millipedes in the subterclass Colobognatha containing three families and at least 74 described species.[1]
Polyzoniida | |
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Octoglena bivirgata from the western United States | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Subclass: | Chilognatha |
Infraclass: | Helminthomorpha |
Subterclass: | Colobognatha |
Order: | Polyzoniida Cook, 1895 |
Families | |
Synonyms | |
Ommatophora Brandt, 1840 |
Polyzoniidans have a somewhat domed dorsal surface with a flat ventral side. Their heads are small and cone-like, with few ocelli. They lack a dorsal groove and paranota (lateral extensions of each segment).[2]
The order Polyzoniida contains three families:[1]
The family Hirudisomatidae occurs from Spain to the Himalayas in Eurasia, Japan, and in North America from southwest Canada to central Mexico.
Polyzoniidae has a holarctic (northern hemisphere) distribution, occurring in the northwest and northeast United States, eastern Canada, and in Europe from the United Kingdom and France to Siberia.
Siphonotidae has a southern distribution, occurring in Brazil and Chile, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.[3][4]
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