Anethoporus
Sign in to saveAnethoporus is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, A. clarki, was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 1918.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderSpirostreptida
- FamilySpirostreptidae
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Anethoporus is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, A. clarki, was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 1918.
==Species== Anethoporus contains nine species, some previously assigned to other genera. Anethoporus abstemius (Karsch, 1881) - Cuba Anethoporus clarki (Chamberlin, 1918) - Trinidad and Tobago Anethoporus gracilior (Chamberlin, 1918) - Trinidad and Tobago Anethoporus gracilis (Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru Anethoporus guayrensis (Silvestri, 1896) - Venezuela Anethoporus leviceps (Attems, 1950) - Venezuela Anethoporus ornatus (Verhoeff, 1941) - Venezuela Anethoporus schalleri (Kraus, 1960) - Peru Anethoporus silvaticus (Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru
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