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Nantahala Millipede

Sigmoria nantahalae

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found on the forest floor, heading up the Wesser Creek mountain trail in Swain County, North Carolina.

Species ID Suggestions

Millipede

Sigmoria nantahalae

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (3)
Jacob Gorneau
Absolutely fantastic millipede! According to Rowland Shelley: "The color pattern of this milliped, red paranota (lateral segmental expansions on the dorsa) with white transverse connecting bands, readily identifies it as Sigmoria (Falloria) nantahalae [discovered by] Hoffman, 1958. It occurs in the northernmost cos. of Georgia northward to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Swain Co., NC."
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PublishedOctober 6, 2013

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