Oxidus

Oxidus
Oxidus gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus:
Cook, 1911

Oxidus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. There are about nine described species in Oxidus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Oxidus:

  • Oxidus avia (Verhoeff, 1937)
  • Oxidus circofera (Verhoeff, 1931)
  • Oxidus filarius (Attems, 1932)
  • Oxidus gigas (Attems, 1953)
  • Oxidus gracilis (Koch, 1847) (greenhouse millipede)
  • Oxidus hydrobiologicus (Attems, 1927)
  • Oxidus kosingai (Wang, 1958)
  • Oxidus obtusus (Takakuwa, 1942)
  • Oxidus riukiarius (Verhoeff, 1940)
  • Oxidus sontus (Chamberlin, 1910)

References

  1. ^ "Oxidus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. ^ "Oxidus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Media related to Oxidus at Wikimedia Commons
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