Biology:Abacion

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Short description: Genus of millipedes

Abacion
Crested Millipede (34169037375) (2).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Abacionidae
Genus: Abacion
Rafinesque, 1820

Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.[1][2][3][4]

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Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Abacion:

  • Abacion creolum (Chamberlin, 1942)
  • Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)
  • Abacion jonesi (Chamberlin, 1942)
  • Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)
  • Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)
  • Abacion spinosa (Sager, 1856)
  • Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820
  • Abacion texense (Loomis, 1937)
  • Abacion texensis (Loomis, 1937)
  • Abacion wilhelminae Shelley, McAllister & Hollis, 2003

Identification

Abacion are large, dark brown millipedes with six primary dorsel crests between pore crests on body ring 12. [5]

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4296713 entry