Glomeridesmida
| Glomeridesmida | |
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| Termitodesmus ceylonicus | |
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| Glomeridesmus trinidadensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Subclass: | Chilognatha |
| Infraclass: | Pentazonia |
| Superorder: | Limacomorpha Pocock, 1894 |
| Order: | Glomeridesmida Cook , 1895
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Glomeridesmida is an
millipedes in the infraclass Pentazonia containing 2 families and at least 31 species.[1] Glomeridesmida is the only living order of the superorder Limacomorpha. Also known as slug millipedes,[2] glomeridesmidans are small (less than 15 mm (0.59 in)) and somewhat flattened, and unlike other orders of Pentazonia, are unable to roll into a ball.[3] Ocelli (eyes) are absent.[4]
Most adult females in this order have 36 pairs of legs and 21 segments, counting 20
hemianamorphosis, with leg and segment number decoupled such that individuals may reach the full complement of one before the other.[10][5]
Glomeridesmidans occur in the
troglomorphic animals are translucent from loss of pigment. The five known species of Termitodesmus (constituting the family Termitodesmidae) have a commensal relationship with termites.[4]
Classification
- Glomeridesmidae Latzel, 1884 - 31 species; India, South America, Middle America
- Termitodesmidae Silvestri, 1911 - 5 species; India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
References
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- ^ "Slug Millipedes (Order Glomeridesmida)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Shelley, Rowland M. (1999). "Centipedes and Millipedes with Emphasis on North American Fauna". The Kansas School Naturalist. 45 (3): 1–16.
- ^ ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ ISBN 9789004188273.
- PMID 33786005.
- ^ a b Mauriès, Jean-Paul (2019). "Les premiers Glomeridesmida découverts dans le département français de Guyane: nouvelles données sur leur ontogenèse et descriptions de nouveaux taxa: Glomeridesmoides n. g., et trois espèces nouvelles, dont une termitophile (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida)" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse (in French). 155: 47–64.
- ^ Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1980). "Diplopodes Chilognathes de la Guadeloupe et ses dépendances". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (in French). 4e série 2(A): 1059–1111 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Carl, J. (1942). "Contribution à la connaissance des Limacomorpha -- Essai de morphologie comparée". Revue suisse de Zoologie (in French). 49: 133–167 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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- ^ Shelley, Rowland M. (2011). "The Milliped order Glomeridesmida (Diplopoda: Pentazonia: Limacomorpha) in Oceania, the East Indies, and southeastern Asia; first records from Palau, the Philippines, Vanuatu, New Britain, the Island of New Guinea, Cambodia, Thailand, and Borneo and Sulawesi, Indonesia". Insecta Mundi. 196: 1–11.
External links
Media related to Glomeridesmida at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Glomeridesmida at Wikispecies- Photographs of Glomeridesmidans
- Discovery of a translucent ancient millipede in a threatened iron-ore cave in Brazil, research from the Museum Koenig.
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