Monday, March 30, 2009

Large Millipede (animal #9)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Diplopoda (millipedes)
ORDER: Spirobolida
FAMILY: Spirobolidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Narceus americanus
COMMON NAME: Large millipede was all I could find
NOTES OF INTEREST: This is the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
PHOTO TAKEN: Fall 2008

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