Biology:Polyxenus lagurus
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Short description: Species of millipede
| Polyxenus lagurus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polyxenida |
| Family: | Polyxenidae |
| Genus: | Polyxenus |
| Species: | P. lagurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyxenus lagurus | |
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Scolopendra lagura Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Polyxenus lagurus, known as the bristly millipede is a species of millipede found in many areas of Europe and North America.[2][3] It is covered with detachable bristles that have the ability to entangle ants and spiders that attack the animal.[4]
References
- ↑ M. Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & J.-J. Geoffroy (2003). "A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world". African Invertebrates 44 (1): 89–101.
- ↑ Hoffman, R. L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications 8: 1–553.p. 13
- ↑ William Shear (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844". in Zhang, Z.-Q.. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. 3148. 159–164. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p164.pdf.
- ↑ Jonathan C. Wright & Peter Westh (2006). "Water vapour absorption in the penicillate millipede Polyxenus lagurus (Diplopoda: Penicillata: Polyxenida): microcalorimetric analysis of uptake kinetics". Journal of Experimental Biology 209 (13): 2486–2494. doi:10.1242/jeb.02280. PMID 16788032. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/209/13/2486.full.
Wikidata ☰ Q9347222 entry
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