Spirostreptida


Spirostreptida is an order of long, cylindrical millipedes. There are approximately 1000 described species, making Spirostreptida the second largest order of millipedes after Polydesmida.

Description

Spirostreptida are generally large, long and cylindrical, with 30 to 90 body rings. Eyes are present in most. This order contains the longest millipedes known: the giant African millipedes of the genus Archispirostreptus that may exceed.

Distribution

Spirostreptida contains mainly tropical species, and occurs in Africa, Southern Asia to Japan, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere from the United States to Argentina.

Classification

The order comprises two suborders, Cambalidea and Spirostreptidea, the latter further divided into two superfamilies.

Suborder Cambalidea

Suborder Spirostreptidea

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