Chondromorpha xanthotricha
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| Chondromorpha xanthotricha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Paradoxosomatidae |
| Genus: | Chondromorpha |
| Species: | C. xanthotricha |
| Binomial name | |
| Chondromorpha xanthotricha (Attems, 1898) | |
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Chondromorpha xanthotricha, is a species of millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. It is native to South India and Sri Lanka.[1] Two subspecies recognized.[2]
Although native to India and Sri Lanka, with shipping transportation, they have been introduced to many countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Haiti, Taiwan, Philippines, Bali, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Mauritius, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Suriname, Puerto Rico and many other Caribbean Islands.[3] This species was recorded for the first time from Singapore in 2012.[4]
