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Giant Pill Millipedes

Sphaerotheriida

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Sphaerotheriida (Giant Pill Millipedes) is an order of millipedes. There are 434 species of Giant Pill Millipedes, in 40 genera and 4 families. It includes groups like Arthrosphaeridae, Procyliosomatidae, and Sphaerotheriidae.

EOL has data for 2 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Giant pill millipedes. View this species on GBIF

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Giant pill millipedes includes 5 children: