Opisthocheiron is a genus of millipedes in the family Opisthocheiridae.[1] These millipedes are found in France and Spain.[2] The French entomologist Henri Ribaut created this genus in 1913 to contain the newly discovered type species Opisthocheiron penicillatum.[3] This genus also includes the cave-dwelling species Opisthocheiron canayerensis, notable as one of only a few species in the order Chordeumatida with only 26 segments in adults (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last), four fewer segments than typically found in adults in this order.[4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Family: | Opisthocheiridae |
| Genus: | Opisthocheiron Ribaut, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Opisthocheiron penicillatum Ribaut, 1913
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Species
editThis genus contains six species:[1]
- Opisthocheiron canayerensis Mauriès & Goeffrey, 1982
- Opisthocheiron cornutum Ribaut, 1922
- Opisthocheiron elegans Ribaut, 1922
- Opisthocheiron fallax Ribaut, 1922
- Opisthocheiron lacazei Brölemann, 1932
- Opisthocheiron penicillatum Ribaut, 1913
References
edit- ^ a b "MilliBase - Opisthocheiron Ribaut, 1913". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 9789004188273.
- ^ Ribaut, H. (1913). "Biospeologica XXVIII - Ascospermophora (Myriopodes) (première série)". Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, 5e série (in French). 10 (8): 399–478 [441–443].
- ^ Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (1984). "Particularités du Développement Post-embryonaire du Diplopode Craspedosomide Cavernicole Opisthocheiron canayerensis". Mémoires de Biospéologie (in French). 11: 211–220.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.