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Blaniulidae
Sign in to saveBlaniulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida. Members are long and thin, with a length:width ratio of up to 30:1. Eyes may be present or absent, and members have distinctive spots on each segment: the ozadenes or odiferous glands. The family contains the following genera:
Species
blaniulid millipedes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderJulida
- FamilyBlaniulidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Blaniulidae
- Collections
- FMNH, PSUC, NHMUK, ZMBN, AM
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Norway
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- Image
- Spotted snake millipede Blaniulus guttulatus.jpg
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- Category:Blaniulidae
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Blaniulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida. Members are long and thin, with a length:width ratio of up to 30:1. Eyes may be present or absent, and members have distinctive spots on each segment: the ozadenes or odiferous glands. The family contains the following genera: Acipes Alpiobates Archiboreoiulus Bilselibates Blaniulus Boreoiulus Choneiulus Gomphiocephalus Iberoiulus Microchoneiulus Nopoiulus Occitaniulus Orphanoiulus Proteroiulus Sardoblaniulus Tarracoblaniulus Thassoblaniulus Typhloblaniulus Vascoblaniulus Virgoiulus
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaniulidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.