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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopodaChordeumatidaCleidogonidaeCleidogona

Cleidogona pecki Shear, 1972

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Myriapoda
Class Diplopoda
Order Chordeumatida
Family Cleidogonidae
Genus Cleidogona
Species Cleidogona pecki Shear, 1972

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Shear, W.A. 1972. Studies in the milliped order Chordeumida (Diplopoda): A revision of the family Cleidogonidae and a reclassification of the order Chordeumida in the New World. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144: 151–352. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4227660.

How to cite this account

Cleidogona pecki Shear, 1972. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1597. https://cavebiology.org/species/cleidogona-pecki/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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