Tetramerocerata
| Tetramerocerata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Pauropoda |
| Order: | Tetramerocerata Remy, 1950 |
| Families | |
Tetramerocerata is an order of pauropods containing 12 different families and about 480 different species.[1][2] Tetrameroceratans have a 12 segmented body, 4 segmented antennae, 6 tergites, and 8 to10 legs pairs of legs as adults. Most pauropods in this order have 9 leg pairs as adults,[3] but four genera (Cauvetauropus, Aletopauropus, Zygopauropus, and Amphipauropus) have only 8 pairs,[4] and adult females in the genus Decapauropus (in the Pauropodidae family) have either nine or ten pairs of legs.[5] Pauropods in this order are generally 0.5 mm to 2 mm long, and are usually white or brown.[6] Tetramerocerata has a subcosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide.
References
- ^ "Tetramerocerata - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Search all names". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109: 103–234.
- ^ Scheller, Ulf (2011-01-01). "21 Pauropoda". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1: 467–508. doi:10.1163/9789004188266_022.
- ^ Scheller, Ulf (2008-01-01). "A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)". International Journal of Myriapodology. 1 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1163/187525408X316730. ISSN 1875-2535.
- ^ "Subclass Pauropoda". what-when-how.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
External links
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