Oxidus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. There are about nine described species in Oxidus.[1][2][3][4]
| Oxidus | |
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| Oxidus gracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Paradoxosomatidae |
| Genus: | Oxidus Cook, 1911 |
Species edit
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 kosingai (Wang, 1958)
- Oxidus obtusus (Takakuwa, 1942)
- Oxidus riukiaria (Verhoeff, 1940)
- Oxidus sontus (Chamberlin, 1910)
References edit
- ^ "Oxidus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "Oxidus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ "Oxidus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading edit
- 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.
External links edit
Media related to Oxidus at Wikimedia Commons
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