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Class: Diplopoda (millipedes)
Life
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Dignatha
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Probably Ommatoiulus moreleti the
introduced millipede common in Cape Town gardens. |
Flat-backed
millipede (Polydesmida) showing the 2 pairs of legs per body segment as
opposed to the 1 pair found in centipedes. |
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Near Satara, Kruger National Park.
[photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Predators
Parasites
- Gregarine intestinal parasites (Gregarinasina)
in the families Stenophoridae, Cnemidosporidae and Monoductidae.
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