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Doratogonus meridionalis

(Southern Black Millipede)

Overview

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Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Southern Black Millipede

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: This species is likely to take at least two years to reach maturity. [1].

List of Habitats :

1 Forest
1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
        Subphylum: Mandibulata () - Snodgrass, 1938
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata ()
        Superclass: Myriapoda () - Latreille, 1802
        Epiclass: Dignatha ()
        Class: Diplopoda () - Gervais, 1844 - Millipedes
        Subclass: Chilognatha ()
        Superorder: Helminthomorpha ()
        Order: Spirostreptida ()
        Suborder: Spirostreptidea () -
        Superfamily: Spirostreptoidea () -
        Family: Spirostreptidae () -
        Genus: Doratogonus ()
        Specific name: meridionalis - Hamer, 2000
        Scientific name: - Doratogonus meridionalis Hamer, 2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Doratogonus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:

D. avius (Solitary Black Millipede) · D. barbatus (Bearded Black Millipede) · D. furculifer (Badplaas Black Millipede) · D. herberti (Herberts Black Millipede) · D. hoffmani (Hoffmans Black Millipede) · D. infragilis (Strong Black Millipede) · D. major (Major Black Millipede) · D. meridionalis (Southern Black Millipede) · D. minor (Minor Black Millipede) · D. natalensis (Natal Black Millipede) · D. precarius (Precarious Black Millipede) · D. rubipodus (Ruby-Legged Black Millipede) · D. septentrionalis (Northern Black Millipede) · D. zuluensis (Zululand Black Millipede)

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Further Reading

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Hamer, M.L. 2000. Review of the millipede genus Doratogonus, with descriptions of fifteen new species from Southern Africa (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 41:1–76.
Hamer, M.L. and Slotow, R.H. 2000. Patterns of distribution and speciation in the genus Doratogonus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae). In: J. Wytwer & S.I. Golovatch (eds) Progress in studies on Myriapoda and Onychophora. Fragmenta Faunistica Supplementum 43:295–311.
Hamer, M.L. and Slotow, R.H. 2002. Conservation application of existing data for South African millipedes (Diplopoda). African Entomology 10(1):29–42.
IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Notes

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Contributors

Hamer, M. 2006. Doratogonus meridionalis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Hamer, M. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5687170
IUCN ID: 205983
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962801

Footnotes

Hamer, M. 2006. Doratogonus meridionalis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

Last Revised: 2012-07-28