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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Spirobolida |
| Family: | Spirobolidae |
| Genus: | Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947 |
| Species: | C. spinigerus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicobolus spinigerus (Wood, 1864)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Chicobolus spinigerus, commonly known as the ivory millipede or Florida ivory millipede,2 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.13 Males normally range from 40 to 85 mm (1.6 to 3.3 in) long, females up to 90 mm (3.5 in).3 It is the only species in the genus Chicobolus.4
References
References
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.
- McMonigle, Orin (2012). Millipeds in Captivity. Coachwhip Publications. pp. 87–89. ISBN 978-1616461430.
- Keeton, William T. (1960). "A taxonomic study of the milliped family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda; Spirobolida)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 17: 1–146.
- "Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947". MilliBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.