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Gomphodesmidae
Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species.
The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first
Gomphodesminae
subfamilyGomphodesminae
Marptodesminae
subfamilyMarptodesminae
Ovoidesminae
subfamilyOvoidesminae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 464091.