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Myriapoda Collection ZFMK

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  • Estimated total number of objects:
    20,000
  • of which digitized:
    18,793
  • Types:
    80
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Myriapoda

The collection has been steadily expanding since 2010 and now comprises around 15,000 digitally recorded specimens (as of 2018).

The focus is on the millipedes (Diplopoda), especially the orders of the giant millipedes (Sphaerotheriida), sap millipedes (Glomerida) and sausage millipedes (Spirobolida), as well as the basal order of the proto-millipedes (Glomeridesmida [Limacomorpha]).

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