Directory of Diplopoda Resources

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Most millipedes are elongate, often worm-shaped, mandibulates, although some are short and resemble woodlice. The body consists of a head and a trunk of many segments, most of which bear paired appendages.

Resources in This Category

• Apheloria corrugata

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov04macro/smmillipede.html
  Photographic study by Sarah Moyer of the millipede, with information on its biology and the protective hydrogen cyanide it produces.

• Cooks’ Cave Millipede: Pseudotremia cookorum

  http://www.arkive.org/cooks-cave-millipede/pseudotremia-cookorum/
  Photograph and information from ARKive including description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Double-legged Cylinders

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul00/bamilli.html
  Article by William Amos on millipedes, their many legs and their reproductive lives.

• Duff Millipedes

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Duff_Millipedes
  Photographs of species of Polyxenus, description, life history and habits.

• North American Millipede: Narceus americana

  http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/north_american_millipede.htm
  Photographs and information on this arthropod.

• The Diplopoda (Millipedes)

  http://www.earthlife.net/insects/diplopoda.html
  An introduction to biology, classification, and ecology of this class of arthropods, with numerous links to other millipede sites.

 

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