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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopoda

Order Polydesmida
Leach, 1815

Species in this portal
25
Ecological class
All troglobiont
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
11 states and provinces
Karst regions
Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Guadalupe Mountains, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
6 of 12 ranked G1 or G2

Families

  • Macrosternodesmidae 18 in portal
  • Nearctodesmidae 1 in portal
  • Polydesmidae 6 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Chaetaspis aleyorum Aley's Cave Milliped G1 MO
  • Chaetaspis attenuatus AR
  • Chaetaspis debilis TN
  • Chaetaspis fragilis GNR KY
  • Chaetaspis mollis G1 TN
  • Coloradesmus aquiliensis G1G2 CO
  • Coloradesmus beckleyi CO
  • Coloradesmus hopkinsae CO
  • Coloradesmus manitou CO
  • Coloradesmus warneri CO
  • Ergodesmus remingtoni G3 IL
  • Nevadesmus hubbsi GNR NV
  • Nevadesmus ophimontis NV
  • Pratherodesmus despaini CA
  • Pratherodesmus ecclesia AZ
  • Pratherodesmus voylesi AZ
  • Sequoiadesmus krejcae CA
  • Speodesmus bicornourus G2G3 TX
  • Speodesmus castellanus TX
  • Speodesmus echinourus G2G3 TX
  • Speodesmus falcatus Sickled Cave Millipede GNR TX
  • Speodesmus ivyi Ivy's Cave Millipede GNR TX
  • Speodesmus reddelli Reddell's Cave Millipede GNR TX
  • Speorthus reyesi TX
  • Speorthus tuganbius G2G3 NM, TX

No species match that filter.

Other resources

GBIF
1247
ITIS
154416
iNaturalist
47734
NCBI Taxonomy
71419

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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