Schindalmonotus

Schindalmonotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polyxenida
Family: Synxenidae
Genus: Schindalmonotus
Attems, 1928
Species: S. hystrix
Binomial name
Schindalmonotus hystrix
Attems, 1928

Schindalmonotus is a genus of bristle millipede containing the sole species Schindalmonotus hystrix known from South Africa and Mozambique. Individuals are up to 4 mm long and have 12 body segments and 17 pairs of legs. The species was described by Austrian zoologist Carl Attems in 1928.[1]

References

  1. Attems, Carl (1928). "The Myriopoda of South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 26: 194–197.


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