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Abacion

Abacion

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Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Abacion:

Abacion creolum (Chamberlin, 1942)
Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)
Abacion jonesi (Chamberlin, 1942)
Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)
Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)
Abacion spinosa (Sager, 1856)
Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820
Abacion texense (Loomis, 1937)
Abacion texensis (Loomis, 1937)
Abacion wilhelminae Shelley, McAllister & Hollis, 2003

Identification

Abacion are large, dark brown millipedes with six primary dorsel crests between pore crests on body ring 12. ^[5]

References

^ "Abacion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^ "Abacion". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^ "Abacion genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ 1. Balaban 2. Balaban 3. Hennen, 1. John 2. Jane 3. Derek (6 March 2007). "Family Abacionidae - BugGuide". BugGuide.

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Abacion: Brief Summary

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Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.

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