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Rusty Millipede (Trigoniulus corallinus)

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Trigoniulus corallinus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirobolida
Family: Trigoniulidae
Genus: Trigoniulus
Species:
T. corallinus
Binomial name
Trigoniulus corallinus
(Gervais, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Iulus corallines Gervais, 1842
  • Iulus sumatrensis Gervais, 1847
  • Spirostreptus sanguineus (Koch, 1863)
  • Spirobolus lumbricinus Gerstaecker, 1873
  • Spirobolus goësi Porat, 1876
  • Spirobolus cinctures Porat, 1876
  • Spirobolus rugosus Voges, 1878
  • Spirobolus detornatus Karsch, 1881
  • Spirobolus punctiplenus Karsch, 1881
  • Spirobolus signifer Karsch, 1881
  • Spirobolus decoratus Karsch, 1881
  • Spirobolus phranus Karsch, 1881
  • Spirobolus punctidives Karsch, 1881
  • Trigoniulus sanguineus Tömösváry, 1885
  • Spirobolus dominicae Pocock, 1888
  • Spirobolus surinamensis Bollman, 1893
  • Trigoniulus goësi (Porat, 1876)
  • Trigoniulus goesii (Porat, 1876)
  • Spirobolus dorso-punctatus Saussure & Zehntner, 1897
  • Spirobolus sanctaeluciae Bollman, 1888
  • Spirobolus sanguineus C. L. Koch, 1847
  • Trigoniulus goesi (Porat, 1876)
  • Spirobolus (Trigoniulus) goesi Porat, 1876
  • Trigoniulus lumbricinus (Gerstaecker, 1873)

Trigoniulus corallinus, sometimes called the rusty millipede or common Asian millipede, is a species of millipede widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, and much of Indonesia. It is also reported from Fiji and Tanzania and found in South Asia and the Caribbean as an introduced species.[1][2] It has also been introduced to Florida,[3][4] and as of 2022 is well-distributed throughout South and Central Florida, with limited sightings in the Northeast and Panhandle.[5]

Trigoniulus corallinus is 2-3 in at adult size, and reddish brown in color. [6]

These millipedes inhabit moist areas, especially rotten wood, and compost during monsoon season.[1] The genome of T. corallinus was sequenced in 2015, the first time this has been done for a millipede.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shelley, Rowland M.; Carmany, Robert M.; Burgess, Joseph (2006). "Introduction of the milliped, Trigoniulus corallinus (Gervais, 1847) (Spirobolida: Trigoniulidae), in Florida, U.S.A." Entomological News. 117 (2): 239. doi:10.3157/0013-872X(2006)117[239:IOTMTC]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ "Trigoniulus corallinus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841) (accepted name)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ^ Shelley, Rowland M.; Carmany, Robert M.; Burgess, Joseph (2006-03-01). "INTRODUCTION OF THE MILLIPED, TRIGONIULUS CORALLINUS (GERVAIS, 1847) (SPIROBOLIDA: TRIGONIULIDAE), IN FLORIDA, U.S.A". Entomological News. 117 (2): 239–241. doi:10.3157/0013-872X(2006)117[239:IOTMTC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0013-872X.
  4. ^ "Species Trigoniulus corallinus - Rusty millipede". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  5. ^ "Observations (Rusty Millipede)". iNaturalist. Archived from the original on 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  6. ^ "Species Trigoniulus corallinus - Rusty millipede". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  7. ^ Kenny, Nathan J.; Shen, Xin; Chan, Thomas T.H.; Wong, Nicola W.Y.; Chan, Ting Fung; Chu, Ka Hou; Lam, Hon-Ming & Hui, Jerome H.L. (2015). "Genome of the Rusty Millipede, Trigoniulus corallines, Illuminates Diplopod, Myriapod and Arthropod Evolution". Genome Biology and Evolution. 7 (5): 1280–95. doi:10.1093/gbe/evv070. PMC 4453065. PMID 25900922.