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Diplopoda

Diplopoda means "thousand legs", but this can be misleading. All millipedes have between 6-500 legs. Contrary to their Chilopod brothers the centipedes, they are harmless. Only when they feel their life is in danger will they spray a hydrochloric acid, and this can only make you mildly sick if ingested or rubbed in the eyes. Millipedes come in 8000 different species, divided into groups which are in turn divided into groups and so on. Many are sold as pets. The advantage to having millipedes as apposed to centipedes is that you can keep all species that are sold as pets...excluding three desert species that need dryer habitats...in perfect harmony in one habitat. There are now 181 millipedes in this database.

Abacion lactarium
Abacion magnum
Abacion tesselatum
Abacion texensis
Achemenides pectinatus
Acipes andalusius
Acipes atlanticus
Acipes continentalis
Acipes decolor
Acipes franzi
Acipes lateralis
Acipes portosantoensis
Acipes serratus
Acipes waldeni
Acropoditius kinzelbachi
Adelobolus simplex
Adelobolus transversesulcatus
Adrityla sp.
Afropachyiulus comatus
Agathodesmus steeli
Aigon parvior
Aigon rodocki
Ainigmabolus chisholmi
Akamptogonus novarae
Alakene simplex
Aliulus caddoensis
Aliulus carrollus
Aliulus rugosus
Allajulus dicentrus
Allajulus groedensis
Allajulus infossus
Allajulus marguareisi
Allajulus molybdinus
Allajulus nitidus nitidus
Allajulus nitidus levis
Allajulus nitidis medius
Allajulus spinosis
Alloporus uncinatis
Alpiobates payerimhoffi
Amastigogonus fossuliger
Amastigogonus hardyi
Amastigogonus tasmanianus
Amastigogonus verreauxii
Amblyiulus barroisi
Amblyiulus creticus
Amblyiulus (unclassified)
Ameractis chirogona
Ameractis satis
Amplaria causeyae
Amplaria eutypa
Amplaria nazinta
Amplocheir reducta nazinta
Amplocheir sequoia nazinta
Anagaiulus blancatypa
Anaulaciulus inaequipes
Anaulaciulus koreanus
Anaulaciulus riedeli
Anaulaciulus tonginus
Anaulaciulus (unclassified)
Andrognathus corticarius
Anelus reduncus
Aniulus adelphus
Aniulus austinensis
Aniulus bollmani
Aniulus brazonus
Aniulus craterus
Aniulus dorophor
Aniulus fluviatilis
Aniulus hopius
Aniulus oreines
Aniulus orientalis
Aniulus orthodoxus
Aniulus prosoicus
Antichiropus fossilifrons
Antichiropus humphreysi
Antichiropus mammilifer
Antichiropus minimus
Antichiropus monacanthus
Antichiropus nanus
Antichiropus sulcatus
Antichiropus variabilis
Antichiropus whistleri
Antriadesmus fragilis
Antrokoreana takakuwai
Antrokoreana uenoi
Apfelbeckiella (unclassified)
Aphelidesmus tertius
Apheloria adela
Apheloria ainsliei
Apheloria asburna
Apheloria aspila
Apheloria butleriana
Apheloria coriacia
Apheloria inexpectatus
Apheloria iowa
Apheloria keuka
Apheloria kleinpeteri
Apheloria montana
Apheloria pinicola
Apheloria reducta
Apheloria roanea
Apheloria tigana
Apheloria trimaculata
Apheloria unaka
Apheloria virginia
Apheloria waccamana
Aphistigoniulus sp. (PET)
Aragosoma barbieri
Aragosoma barbieri
Archiboreoliulus pallidus
Archichoneiulus drahoni drahoni
Archichoneiulus drahoni maareb
Archicladosoma magnum
Archileucogeorgia (unclassified)
Archispirostreptus gigas (PET)
Archisirostreptus syriacus
Arinolus apachellus
Arinolus chirihuanus
Arinolus dentatus
Arinolus hopinus
Arinolus hospes
Arinolus lotus
Arinolus nogalanus
Arinolus pinus
Arinolus torynophor
Aruiulus sp.
Asiomorpha coarctata
Asphalidesmus leae
Atelomastix albanyensis
Atelomastix nigrescens
Atopetholus aneglus
Atopetholus barbaranus
Atopetholus californicus
Atopetholus carmelitus
Atopetholus fraternus
Atopetholus paroicus
Atopetholus pearcei
Atopodesmus parvus
Atopogonus buccelentus
Atopolus chamberlini
Atropisoma elegans
Aulacoporus affinis
Aulacoporus castaneus
Aulacoporus yarrabahnus
Australeuma gladifer
Australeuma golovatchi
Australeuma jeekeli
Australeuma mauriesi
Australeuma peckorum
Australeuma simile
Australiosoma clavigerum
Australiosoma laminatum
Australiosoma michaelseni
Australiosoma rainbowi
Australocricus diastatus
Australocricus glabratus
Australocricus opulentus
Australocricus perditus
Australocricus rotundatus
Australocricus sennae
Australocricus sinuatulus
Australodesmus divergens
Austrotyla sp.
Auturus becki
Auturus dixianus
Auturus evides
Auturus florus
Auturus georgianus
Auturus louisianus
Auturus mcclurkini
Auturus mimetes
Auturus phanus
Auturus scotius
Auxobolus castaneus
Auxobolus claremontus
Auxobolus discipulus
Auxobolus ergus
Auxobolus friantus
Auxobolus monachus
Auxobolus simulatus
Auxobolus stebbinsi