Opiona

Opiona is a genus of millipedes in the family Caseyidae. There are about 16 described species in Opiona.[1][2][3][4]

Opiona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Family: Caseyidae
Genus: Opiona
Chamberlin, 1951

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Opiona:

  • Opiona berryessae Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona bifurcata Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona casualis Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona columbiana Chamberlin, 1951
  • Opiona communis Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona confusa Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona distincta Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona exigua Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona facetia Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona fisheri Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona goedeni Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona gonopods
  • Opiona graeningi
  • Opiona hatchi Causey, 1954
  • Opiona scytonotoides Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona siliquae Causey, 1963

References

  1. "Opiona Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Opiona". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-06.


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