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Paraspirobolus lucifugus
Paraspirobolus lucifugus
Classification
- Class
- Diplopoda
- Order
- Spirobolida
- Family
- Spirobolellidae
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Motyxia is a genus of cyanide-producing millipedes (collectively known as Sierra luminous millipedes or motyxias) that are endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi, and Santa Monica mountain ranges of California. Motyxias are blind and produce the poison cyanide, like all members of the Polydesmida. All species have the ability to glow brightly: some of the few known instances of bioluminescence in millipedes.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 10
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