| Nopoiulus kochii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Julida |
| Family: | Blaniulidae |
| Genus: | Nopoiulus |
| Species: | N. kochii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847) | |
Nopoiulus kochii is a species of millipede in the genus Nopoiulus. This species is common to Turkey, and has been found living for several years in the intestines of a human.
Description
This millipede is approximately 13 millimetres (0.51 in) long and 2 millimetres (0.079 in) wide. Its body is shaped like a cylinder and is made up of 40 segments. Its antennae have six segments, with the fourth segment being the largest.
Ecology
Range
Nopoiulus kochii has been found in Turkey, Ireland, Egypt, Serbia, Siberia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
References
- ^ Ertek, M.; Aslan, I.; Yazgi, H.; Torun, H. C.; Ayyildiz, A.; Tasyaran, M. A. (September 2004). "Infestation of the human intestine by the millipede, Nopoiulus kochii". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 18 (3): 306–307. doi:10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00507.x. ISSN 0269-283X. PMID 15347400.
- Anderson, Roy (1999). "Distribution Records for Millipedes (Diplopoda) in the North of Ireland, including Anamastigona pulchellum Silvestri and Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais) New to Ireland". The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 26 (7/8): 219–227. ISSN 0021-1311. JSTOR 25536270.
- Kheirallah, Abdel-Moneim; Aly, Abdel-Nasser H.; Abdel-Wahed, Nasr Y. (January 2000). "Anamorphosis and life-history of the millipede Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847), new for Egypt". Zoology in the Middle East. 21 (1): 159–168. doi:10.1080/09397140.2000.10637842. ISSN 0939-7140.
- Makarov, Slobodan E.; Tomić, Vladimir T. (2011). "First finding of Nopoiulus kochii (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae) in Serbia" (PDF). Kragujevac Journal of Science. 33: 73–76.
- Nefediev, P. S.; Nefedieva, J. S.; Dyachkov, Yu. V. (December 2014). "A review of the anthropochore millipede fauna of Asian Russia, with new records from the Altai Province, Siberia (Diplopoda)". Arthropoda Selecta (in Russian). 23 (1): 337345–0. doi:10.15298/arthsel.23.4.02. ISSN 0136-006X.
- Kokhia, Mzia S.; Golovatch, Sergei I. (2018-03-07). "A checklist of the millipedes of Georgia, Caucasus (Diplopoda)". ZooKeys (741): 35–48. Bibcode:2018ZooK..741...35K. doi:10.3897/zookeys.741.20042. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5904537. PMID 29706771.
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