Phryssonotus hystrix
| Phryssonotus hystrix | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polyxenida |
| Family: | Synxenidae |
| Genus: | Phryssonotus |
| Species: | P. hystrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Phryssonotus hystrix (Menge, 1854)
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Phryssonotus hystrix is a species of bristle millipede known from South Africa and Mozambique. Individuals are up to 4 mm long and have 12 body segments and 17 pairs of legs. The species was described by Austrian zoologist Carl Attems in 1928.[1]
References
- ^ Attems, Carl (1928). "The Myriopoda of South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 26: 194–197.