Chicobolus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Spirobolida |
| Family: | Spirobolidae |
| Genus: | Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947 |
| Species: | C. spinigerus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicobolus spinigerus (Wood, 1864) | |
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Chicobolus spinigerus, commonly known as the ivory millipede or Florida ivory millipede,[2] is a millipede species native to the southeastern United States, occurring throughout the Florida Peninsula and Panhandle, as well as southern Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.[1][3] Males normally range from 40 to 85 mm (1.6 to 3.3 in) long, females up to 90 mm (3.5 in).[3] It is the only species in the genus Chicobolus.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.
- ↑ McMonigle, Orin (2012). Millipeds in Captivity. Coachwhip Publications. pp. 87–89. ISBN 978-1616461430.
- 1 2 Keeton, William T. (1960). "A taxonomic study of the milliped family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda; Spirobolida)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 17: 1–146.
- ↑ "Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947". MilliBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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