Class Pauropoda (Small Soil Myriapod)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: Arthropoda Class Phenology

Orders of the Class Pauropoda Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Order Common Name Photo Example Where? Phenology
TetramerocerataSmall Soil Myriapods(NA) HerePhenology

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Orders on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park orders from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered in the Biodiversity Database.

In Case You Didn't Know ...
These fascinating tiny arthropods look like short, pale millipedes. They inhabit soil and leaf litter and are known to eat mold, fungal hyphae, and the root hairs of plants.
Their distinctive anal plate, is unique to pauropods. The antennae are branching, biramous, and segmented, which also helps set them apart.

Taxon References for Pauropoda



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