Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
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:
xanthopus
- Attems, 1928
- Scientific name: - Doratogonus xanthopus Attems, 1928
- Specific name:
xanthopus
- Attems, 1928
- Genus:
Doratogonus
(
- Family:
Spirostreptidae
(
- Superfamily:
Spirostreptoidea
(
- Suborder:
Spirostreptidea
(
- Order:
Spirostreptida
(
- Superorder:
Helminthomorpha
(
- Subclass:
Chilognatha
(
- Class:
Diplopoda
(
- Epiclass:
Dignatha
(
- Superclass:
Myriapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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 xanthopus. 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
- IUCN ID: 205995
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962824
Footnotes
- Hamer, M. 2006. Doratogonus xanthopus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
