DIPLOPODA
(millipedes)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Subclass 1 ident. refs
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Order 2 subtaxa 24 images
Order 1 subtaxa 16 images
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Family 1 subtaxa 16 images
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Order 7 subtaxa 54 images 4 ident. refs
Order 2 subtaxa 31 images
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Family 2 subtaxa 31 images
Order 1 subtaxa 8 images
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Family 1 subtaxa 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassDIPLOPODA (millipedes)
SubphylumMYRIAPODA (myriapods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Blower, G. 1985 Millipedes Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 35, 242pp, The Linnean Society of London
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
() Lee, P. & Read, H. 2007 Provisional key to British Millipedes

DIPLOPODA (millipedes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIPLOPODA (millipedes)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DIPLOPODA (millipedes)
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