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Florida ivory millipede
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Spirobolida
Family:	Spirobolidae
Genus:	Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947
Species:	C. spinigerus
Binomial name
Chicobolus spinigerus (Wood), 1864
Synonyms
Spirobolus spinigerus Wood, 1864 Spirobolus bahamiensis Bollman, 1893 Spirobolus paludis Chamberlin, 1918, Chicobolus pilsbryi Chamberlin, 1947 Incobolus thaumastus Chamberlin, 1955 Chicobolus jucundus Causey, 1955

Chicobolus spinigerus, commonly known as the ivory millipede or Florida ivory millipede, is a millipede species native to the southeastern United States, occurring throughout the Florida Peninsula and Panhandle, as well as southern Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Males normally range from 40 to 85 mm (1.6 to 3.3 in) long, females up to 90 mm (3.5 in).

References

1. ^ Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.
2. McMonigle, Orin (2012). Millipeds in Captivity. Coachwhip Publications. pp. 87–89. ISBN 978-1616461430.
3. ^ Keeton, William T. (1960). "A taxonomic study of the milliped family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda; Spirobolida)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 17: 1–146.

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