Julida is an order of

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s. Members are mostly small and cylindrical, typically ranging from in length. Eyes may be present or absent, and in mature males of many species, the first pair of legs is modified into hook-like structures. Additionally, both pairs of legs on the 7th body segment of males are modified into gonopods.

Distribution

Julida contains predominantly

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species ranging from North America to

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north of the

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, Asir region, Saudi Arabia, and

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Classification

The order Julida contains approximately 750 species, divided into the following superfamilies and families: ;Blaniuloidea C. L. Koch, 1847 * Blaniulidae C. L. Koch, 1847 * Galliobatidae Brolemann, 1921 *

Okeanobatidae Okeanobatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Julida. Genera: * '' Okeanobates'' Verhoeff, 1939 * '' Yosidaiulus'' Takakuwa, 1940 References Julida {{myriapoda-stub ...

Verhoeff, 1942 * Zosteractinidae Loomis, 1943 ;Juloidea Leach, 1814 * Julidae Leach, 1814 * Rhopaloiulidae Attems, 1926 * Trichoblaniulidae Verhoeff, 1911 * Trichonemasomatidae Enghoff, 1991 ;Nemasomatoidea Bollman, 1893 * Chelojulidae Enghoff, 1991 * Nemasomatidae Bollman, 1893 * Pseudonemasomatidae Enghoff, 1991 * Telsonemasomatidae Enghoff, 1991 ;Paeromopodoidea Cook, 1895 * Aprosphylosomatidae Hoffman, 1961 * Paeromopodidae Cook, 1895 ;Parajuloidea Bollman, 1893 * Mongoliulidae Pocock, 1903 *

Parajulidae Parajulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida, occurring predominantly in North America but also in Central America and East Asia. Parajulids are found from Alaska to as far south as Guatemala. Male Parajulids have a greatly enlar ...

Bollman, 1893

References

Ilic, B. (2019). Multifaceted activity of millipede secretions:. nlineWeb of Science. Available at: http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=6AJXsNVdjIGRrwQybhF&page=1&doc=4 ccessed 18 Oct. 2019

External links

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