Cambala ochra Chamberlin, 1942
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Myriapoda |
| Class | Diplopoda |
| Order | Spirostreptida |
| Family | Cambalidae |
| Genus | Cambala |
| Species | Cambala ochra Chamberlin, 1942 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Troglophile
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia
Counties
- Alabama
- Conecuh, Jackson, Madison
- Georgia
- Bartow, Walker
Conservation and management
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Causey, N.B. 1960. Speciation in North American cave millipeds. American Midland Naturalist 64: 116–122.
- Hoffman, R.L. 1956. New genera and species of cavernicolous diplopods from Alabama. Paper of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 35: 1–13.
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- Peck, S.B. 1989. The cave fauna of Alabama. Part I. The terrestrial invertebrates (excluding insects). National Speleological Society Bulletin 51: 11–33.
- Reeves, W.K., Jensen, J.B. & Ozier, J.C. 2000. New faunal and fungal records from caves in Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 62: 169–179. https://caves.org/wp-content/uploads/Publications/JCKS/v62/v62n3-Reeves.pdf.
- Shear, W.A. 1969. A synopsis of the cave millipedes of the United States, with an illustrated key to genera. Psyche 76: 126–143. doi:10.1155/1969/70437
- Shelley, R.M. 1979. A synopsis of the millipede genus Cambala with a description of Cambala minor Bollman (Spirostreptida: Cambalidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 551–571. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514268.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Cambala ochra Chamberlin, 1942. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1543. https://cavebiology.org/species/cambala-ochra/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
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