Phryssonotus
Genus of millipedes
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Phryssonotus is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine extant species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the tergites; all other bristles are long and hairlike.[1] Adults in this genus have 17 pairs of legs, except for the species Phryssonotus brevicapensis, in which they have only 15 pairs of legs.[1]
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| Phryssonotus brevicapensis from South Africa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polyxenida |
| Family: | Synxenidae |
| Genus: | Phryssonotus Scudder, 1885 |
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Species
- Phryssonotus brevicapensis
- Phryssonotus burmiticus
- Phryssonotus capensis
- Phryssonotus chilensis
- Phryssonotus cubanus
- Phryssonotus hystrix
- Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
- Phryssonotus orientalis
- Phryssonotus platycephalus
- †Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- †Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854 Baltic amber, Eocene
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