DIPLOPODA
(millipedes)

Interactions where DIPLOPODA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by larva Hymenolepis scalarisQuestionable a tapeworm Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Cestoda/Cyclophyllidea/Hymenolepididae/Hymenolepis scalaris/Hymenolepis scalarisa tapewormRecipient uncertainlarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Diplopoda/Diplopodamillipedes larva endoparasitises
dung dung may support colony UK/Ireland Umbelopsis ramanniana a pin mould Mucorales: Umbelopsidaceae A new and unusual species of Piptocephalis (Mucorales), Kirk, P.M., 1978
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Umbelopsidaceae/Umbelopsis ramanniana/Umbelopsis ramannianaa pin mouldcolony Animal / dung / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Diplopoda/Diplopodamillipedesdung colony is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Kirk, P.M., 1978A new and unusual species of Piptocephalis (Mucorales)TBMS Vol 70 (3): 335-340.

DIPLOPODA (millipedes) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
CHILOGNATHA
a superorder of millipedes
Subclass 1 references
JULIDA
an order of millipedes
Order 8 subtaxa 16 trophisms 6 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassDIPLOPODA (millipedes)
SubphylumMYRIAPODA (myriapods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIPLOPODA (millipedes)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Blower, G. 1985 Millipedes Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 35, 242pp, The Linnean Society of London
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
() Lee, P. & Read, H. 2007 Provisional key to British Millipedes

DIPLOPODA (millipedes) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hadley, A. Micropics micropics.org.uk/index.htm
Hopkin, S. 2004 Millipedes British Wildlife Vol 16, No 2: 77-84.

Dead Wood

Alexander, K.N.A. 2002 The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist Research Reports, Report no 467, 142pp, English Nature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to DIPLOPODA (millipedes):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 133 images of DIPLOPODA (millipedes)
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