Oxidus gracilis (Koch, 1847)

Greenhouse Millipede

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Diplopoda

Order: Polydesmida

Family: Paradoxosomatidae

Genus: Oxidus

Species: Oxidus gracilis

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Oxidus gracilis