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Mardonius (genus)
''Mardonius'' is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing nine species: * ''Mardonius aculeatus'' Attems, 1914 * ''Mardonius brasilianus'' Attems, 1950 * ''Mardonius cerasopus'' Attems, 1914 * ''Mardonius interruptus'' (Brölemann, 1902) * ''Mardonius legationis'' Attems 1950 * ''Mardonius nakitawa'' (Silvestri, 1907) * ''Mardonius parvus'' Demange & Mauriès, 1975 * ''Mardonius rusticus'' Attems, 1950 * ''Mardonius sculpturatus'' Attems, 1914 References Spirostreptida Millipedes of Africa {{Millipede-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Biology, biological Kingdom (biology), kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are motility, able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Animals form a clade, meaning that they arose from a single common ancestor. Over 1.5 million extant taxon, living animal species have been species description, described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from to . They have complex ecologies and biological interaction, interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropod
Arthropods ( ) are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda. They possess an arthropod exoskeleton, exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated (Metamerism (biology), metameric) Segmentation (biology), segments, and paired jointed appendages. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. They form an extremely diverse group of up to ten million species. Haemolymph is the analogue of blood for most arthropods. An arthropod has an open circulatory system, with a body cavity called a haemocoel through which haemolymph circulates to the interior Organ (anatomy), organs. Like their exteriors, the internal organs of arthropods are generally built of repeated segments. They have ladder-like nervous systems, with paired Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral, ventral Ventral nerve cord, nerve cord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millipede
Millipedes (originating from the Latin , "thousand", and , "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a tight ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from Latin for "thousand feet", no species was known to have 1,000 or more until the discovery in 2020 of '' Eumillipes persephone'', which can have over 1,300 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Most millipedes are slow-moving detritivores, eat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirostreptida
Spirostreptida is an order of long, cylindrical millipedes. There are approximately 1000 described species, making Spirostreptida the third largest order of millipedes after Polydesmida and Chordeumatida. Description Spirostreptida are generally large, long and cylindrical, with 30 to 90 body rings. Eyes are present in most. This order contains the longest millipedes known: the giant African millipedes of the genus '' Archispirostreptus'' that may exceed . Distribution Spirostreptida contains mainly tropical species, and occurs in Africa, Southern Asia to Japan, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere from the United States to Argentina. Evolutionary history Like most millipede groups, they have a fragmentary fossil record. The oldest record of the group is the extinct family Electrocambalidae, which is known from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous around 99 million years ago, which belongs to the suborder Cambalidea. The only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirostreptidae
Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following genera: *'' Analocostreptus'' *'' Anastreptus'' *'' Anethoporus'' *'' Archispirostreptus'' *'' Attemsostreptus'' *'' Aulonopygus'' *'' Autostreptus'' *'' Bicoxidens'' *'' Brasilostreptus'' *'' Brevitibius'' *'' Bucinogonus'' *'' Calathostreptus'' *'' Calostreptus'' *'' Camaricoproctus'' *'' Cearostreptus'' *'' Chamberlineptus'' *'' Charactopygus'' *'' Choristostreptus'' *'' Cladodeptus'' *'' Cladostreptus'' *'' Cochleostreptus'' *'' Cochliogonus'' *'' Collostreptus'' *'' Conchostreptus'' *'' Demangeptus'' *'' Diaporus'' *'' Dicyclostreptus'' *'' Eiphorus'' *'' Ellateptus'' *'' Epistreptus'' *'' Eumekius'' *'' Exallostreptus'' *'' Exospermastix'' *'' Exospermitius'' *'' Furcillogonus'' *'' Globanus'' *'' Gonepityche'' *'' Graphidostreptus'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millipede
Millipedes (originating from the Latin , "thousand", and , "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a tight ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from Latin for "thousand feet", no species was known to have 1,000 or more until the discovery in 2020 of '' Eumillipes persephone'', which can have over 1,300 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Most millipedes are slow-moving detritivores, eat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mardonius Aculeatus
Mardonius may refer to: * Mardonius (nephew of Darius I) Mardonius ( ; ; died 479 BC) was a Persian military commander during the Greco-Persian Wars. Though he secured initial victories in the first Persian invasion of Greece, he was ultimately forced to retreat into Anatolia after suffering catastroph ..., Persian commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece * Mardonius (philosopher), tutor and adviser of Roman emperor Julian (331–363) * ''Mardonius'' (millipede), a genus of giant African millipedes See also * Operation Mardonius, a 1943 British military campaign {{Disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
