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.[1]
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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
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| Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847)
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Description
editThis 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.[1]
Ecology
editRange
editNopoiulus kochii has been found in Turkey, Ireland, Egypt, Serbia, Siberia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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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