Octoglena
Appearance
Octoglena | |
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Octoglena bivirgata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Polyzoniida |
Family: | Hirudisomatidae |
Genus: | Octoglena Wood, 1864 |
Octoglena is a genus of millipedes in the family Hirudisomatidae. There are about seven described species in Octoglena.[1][2][3][4]
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Species
[edit]These seven species belong to the genus Octoglena:
- Octoglena anura (Cook, 1904)
- Octoglena bivirgata Wood, 1864
- Octoglena bivirgatum Wood, 1864
- Octoglena claraqua
- Octoglena gracilipes (Loomis, 1971)
- Octoglena prolata Shelley, 1996
- Octoglena sierra Shelley, 1996
References
[edit]- ^ "Octoglena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Octoglena". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Octoglena genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
[edit]Media related to Octoglena at Wikimedia Commons