Diplocheta
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The name Diplocheta has been variously used for various taxa
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Taxon
|thumb|270px|[[African elephants]] form a widely-accepted taxon, the [[genus]] LoxodontaA taxon is a group of organisms, which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit. Usually a taxon is given a name and a rank, although neither is a requirement...
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- A superorder of millipedes (class Diplopoda (CookAlbert John CookAlbert John Cook was an entomologist and zoologist.He spent much of his life in Michigan and graduated from the State Agricultural College, present-day Michigan State University, in 1862.In 1867 he established the Collection of Insects at the College...
, 1892)- Order "Xyloiuloida" Cook, 1895 (fossil)
- Order Julida Brandt, 1833
- Order Siphoniulida Cook, 1895
- Order SpirobolidaSpirobolidaSpirobolida is an order of "round-backed" millipedes. Its members are distinguished by the presence of a "pronounced suture that runs "vertically down the front of the head"...
- Order SpirostreptidaSpirostreptidaSpirostreptida is an order of millipedes, comprising the following families:*Atopogestidae*Cambalidae*Cambalopsidae*Choctellidae*Epinannolenidae*Glyphiulidae*Harpagophoridae*Iulomorphidae*Odontopygidae*Pericambalidae*Pseudonannolenidae...
- A section of the Oniscidea superorder of isopodsIsopodaIsopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
(Vandel, 1957) containing only the family LigiidaeLigiidaeLigiidae is a family of woodlice, the only family in the infraorder Diplocheta. Its members are common on rocky shores, in similar habitats to those inhabited by species of the bristletail Petrobius and the crab Cyclograpsus...
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