Abacion

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Abacion
Crested Millipede (34169037375) (2).jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Abacionidae
Genus: Abacion
Rafinesque, 1820

Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.[1][2][3][4]

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Species[]

These 10 species belong to the genus Abacion:

  • (Chamberlin, 1942)
  • (Hoffman, 1950)
  • (Chamberlin, 1942)
  • (Say, 1821)
  • Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)
  • (Sager, 1856)
  • Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820
  • (Loomis, 1937)
  • (Loomis, 1937)
  • Shelley, McAllister & Hollis, 2003

References[]

  1. ^ "Abacion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Abacion". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading[]

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

External links[]

  • Media related to Abacion at Wikimedia Commons


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