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Xystocheir

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Xystocheir
Xystocheir dissecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Tribe: Xystocheirini
Genus: Xystocheir
Cook, 1904
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Cheirauxus Chamberlin, 1949
  • Delocheir Chamberlin, 1949
  • Paimokia Chamberlin, 1941

Xystocheir is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. The genus is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada.[1]

Since a 1996 revision there have been 9 species classified in the genus:[2][3]

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