Xystocheir

Updated on Jan 02, 2025

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Kingdom Animalia Class Diplopoda Phylum Arthropoda Order Polydesmida		Subphylum Myriapoda Family Xystodesmidae Rank Genus

Similar Motyxia, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Harpaphe, Tylobolus

Xystocheir is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. The genus is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada.

Since a 1996 revision there have been 9 species classified in the genus:

Xystocheir bistipita

Xystocheir brachymacris

Xystocheir dissecta

Xystocheir modestior

Xystocheir prolixorama

Xystocheir reducta

Xystocheir solenofurcata

Xystocheir stenomacris

Xystocheir stolonifera

References

Xystocheir Wikipedia

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