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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopodaPolydesmidaXystodesmidaeApheloria

Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Myriapoda
Class Diplopoda
Order Polydesmida
Family Xystodesmidae
Genus Apheloria
Species Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Tennessee.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee
Blount

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNR

Subnational ranks

Tennessee
S3 Vulnerable
Virginia
S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Reeves, W.K. 2000. Invertebrate cavernicoles of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 116: 334–343. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24335885.

How to cite this account

Apheloria montana (Bollman, 1887). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2194. https://cavebiology.org/species/apheloria-montana/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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