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Diplopoda
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Diplopoda (millipede) is prey of:
Amphisbaena caeca
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Eleutherodactylus richmondi
Eleutherodactylus portoricensis
Eleutherodactylus wightmanae
Todus mexicanus
Margarops fuscatus
Anolis gundlachi
Leptodactylus albilabris
Sphaerodactylus klauberi
Diploglossus pleei
Diptera
Falco sparverius
Anolis gingivinus
Based on studies in:
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Waide RB, Reagan WB (eds) (1996) The food web of a tropical rainforest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
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Diplopoda (millipede) preys on:
detritus
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Orthoptera
Auchenorrhyncha
Sternorrhyncha
fungi
Plantae
roots
Based on studies in:
USA: New Jersey (Agricultural)
Puerto Rico, El Verde (Rainforest)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- D. J. Shure, Radionuclide tracer analysis of trophic relationships in an old-field ecosystem, Ecol. Monogr. 43(1):1-19, from p. 15 (1973).
- Waide RB, Reagan WB (eds) (1996) The food web of a tropical rainforest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
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Millipedes have very poor vision. They probably communicate with touch and smell. A few species glow in the dark, probably to warn predators that they are poisonous.
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Millipedes don't change their structure much as they grow. Babies look like small adults. As they grow they shed their exoskeleton to make more room.
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Not much is known about millipede reproduction. In most species, females mate with males, then lay eggs.
Breeding season: probably spring and summer
Key Reproductive Features: iteroparous ; seasonal breeding ; parthenogenic ; sexual ; fertilization (Internal ); oviparous ; sperm-storing
In some millipede species, one parent or the other guards the eggs. Females also sometimes make special nests for their eggs when they lay them.
Parental Investment: no parental involvement; male parental care ; female parental care
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:2877
Specimens with Sequences:1732
Specimens with Barcodes:1658
Species:292
Species With Barcodes:246
Public Records:1269
Public Species:200
Public BINs:314
These invertebrates have long thin bodies made of many segments, protected by an exoskeleton. Each segment has two pairs of legs. They have a pair of antennae on their head, and chewing mouthparts. Most have glands along their body that make toxic compounds to discourage predators. Most millipedes are darkly colored, but some very toxic ones are bright.
Other Physical Features: bilateral symmetry
Sexual Dimorphism: sexes alike
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Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844
- Decker, Peter, Reip, Hans Simon, Voigtlaender, Karin (2014): Millipedes and centipedes in German greenhouses (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda). Biodiversity Data Journal 2, 1066: 1066-1066, URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1066
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Millipedes are found all over the world, and are most diverse in the humid tropical regions.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); palearctic (Native ); oriental (Native ); ethiopian (Native ); neotropical (Native ); australian (Native )
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