Smokey Oak Millipede
Narceus gordanus
Animalia
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-10 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Decomposer
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Rare
About
This millipede lives in the sandy forests of the southeastern United States. It possesses up to sixty-five body segments and curls into a tight spiral when threatened.
Life cycle
- 1.subadultA near-adult myriapod adds body segments and pairs of legs with each molt, approaching its full count.
- 2.adultFully grown, with the full adult count of segments and legs.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Diplopoda
- Order
- Spirobolida
- Family
- Spirobolidae
- Genus
- Narceus
- Species
- Narceus gordanus