Chicobolus spinigerus

{{Short description|Species of millipede}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Florida ivory millipede

| image = Apilacicola NF (41).JPG

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| subphylum = Myriapoda

| classis = Diplopoda

| ordo = Spirobolida

| familia = Spirobolidae

| genus = Chicobolus

| genus_authority = Chamberlin, 1947

| species = C. spinigerus

| binomial = Chicobolus spinigerus

| binomial_authority = (Wood), 1864

| synonyms = {{Species list

|Spirobolus spinigerus|Wood, 1864

|Spirobolus bahamiensis| Bollman, 1893

|Spirobolus paludis| Chamberlin, 1918,

|Chicobolus pilsbryi| Chamberlin, 1947

|Incobolus thaumastus|Chamberlin, 1955

|Chicobolus jucundus| Causey, 1955}}

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Chicobolus spinigerus, commonly known as the ivory millipede or Florida ivory millipede,{{cite book|last1=McMonigle|first1=Orin|title=Millipeds in Captivity|date=2012|publisher=Coachwhip Publications|isbn=978-1616461430|pages=87–89}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Hoffman |first=Richard L. |title=Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America |journal=Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications |year=1999 |volume=8 |pages=1–553}} Males normally range from {{convert|40|to|85|mm|in|abbr=on}} long, females up to {{convert|90|mm|in|abbr=on}}.{{cite journal|author=Keeton, William T.|title= A taxonomic study of the milliped family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda; Spirobolida)|journal= Memoirs of the American Entomological Society|volume=17|year=1960|pages=1–146}}

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