Cameroon Pink Millipede
TS-DIP-0010 Treptogonostreptus intricatus
Millipedes
Millipedes (class Diplopoda) are detritivores: they eat decaying leaf litter and wood rather than live plants or other animals. The lines recorded here sit in two orders — Spirostreptida, the long cylindrical tropical millipedes in the families Harpagophoridae and Spirostreptidae, and Polydesmida, the flat-backed millipedes in Paradoxosomatidae. Several are undescribed and carry a trade designation rather than a binomial, which is exactly why each colour form is kept as its own record instead of being collapsed under a shared genus name. Higher taxonomy and describing authority for each species are sourced from GBIF.
