Tetramerocerata
Tetramerocerata is an order of pauropods containing 12 different families and about 480 different species. Tetrameroceratans have a 12 segmented body, 4 segmented antennae, 6 tergites, and 8-10 legs. They are generally 0.5 mm to 2 mm long. They are usually white or brown. Tetramerocerata has a subcosmopolitan distribution, occurring nearly worldwide.
5 branches of this order, most-observed first
Pauropodoidea
superfamilyPauropodoidea
Eurypauropodoidea
superfamilyEurypauropodoidea
Brachypauropodoidea
superfamilyBrachypauropodoidea
Antichtopauropodidae
familyAntichtopauropodidae
Eirmopauropodidae
familyEirmopauropodidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 153129.