Biology:Buotus
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Buotus is a genus of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida.[1] It is the only genus in the family Buotidae and also is itself monotypic, being represented by the single species, Buotus carolinus.
Description
Buotus carolinus exhibits sexual dimorphism in its segment number: the adult female has 28 segments, but the adult male has only 26, both fewer than the 30 usually found in this order (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[2] These millipedes are very small (no more than 4 mm in length) and have been found in the mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.[2]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Buotidae Shear, 2009". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471238.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shear, William A. (2009-11-16). "Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)". Zootaxa 2290 (1): 41–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
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