Branneria
| Branneria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Family: | Branneriidae Cook, 1896 |
| Genus: | Branneria Bollman, 1893 |
| Species | |
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B. bonoculus Shear, 2003 | |
Branneria is a genus of small millipedes in the order Chordeumatida comprising the family Branneriidae. Individuals reach about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. There are two species known, found in the southeastern USA: B. bonoculus is found in Arkansas and eastern Texas while B. carinata occurs from North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi.[1][2][3] B. bonoculus has 28 body segments while B. carinata has 26.[2]
References
- ↑ Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1–553.
- 1 2 Shear, W. (2003). Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea). Zootaxa 233: 1-7
- ↑ McAllister, Chris T.; Shear, William A.; Shelley, Rowland M. (2009). "Branneria bonoculus (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea): New to The Milliped Fauna of Texas". The Southwestern Naturalist 54 (3): 350–351. doi:10.1894/JC-26.1.
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