Abacion

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Diplopoda
Subclassis: Chilognatha
Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha
Superordo: Coelocheta
Ordo: Callipodida
Subordo: Schizopetalidea
Familia: Abacionidae
Genus: Abacion
Species: A. lactarium – A. magnum – A. tesselatum – A. texense – A. wilhelminae
Name

Abacion Rafinesque, 1820
References

Shelley, R.M.; McAllister, C.T.; Hollis, J.L. 2003: A new milliped of the genus Abacion Rafinesque, 1820 from Arkansas, U.S.A. (Callipodida: Abacionidae). Zootaxa, 170: 1–7. Abstract & excerpt

Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Abacion:

Abacion creolum (Chamberlin, 1942)
Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)
Abacion jonesi (Chamberlin, 1942)
Abacion lactarium (Say, 1821)
Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)
Abacion spinosa (Sager, 1856)
Abacion tesselatum Rafinesque, 1820
Abacion texense (Loomis, 1937)
Abacion texensis (Loomis, 1937)
Abacion wilhelminae Shelley, McAllister & Hollis, 2003

Identification

Abacion are large, dark brown millipedes with six primary dorsel crests between pore crests on body ring 12. [5]
References

"Abacion Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Abacion". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Abacion genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

1. Balaban 2. Balaban 3. Hennen, 1. John 2. Jane 3. Derek (6 March 2007). "Family Abacionidae - BugGuide". BugGuide.