Obiyasude - Obiyasude

Japanese: オビヤスデ - おびやすで
Obiyasude - Obiyasude
A general term for arthropods belonging to the genus Epanerchodus , family Polypedidae, class Diplopoda. Body length 2-3 cm. It has 20 body segments and 31 pairs of legs. Its purplish brown or brown dorsal plate is flat and sticks out to the side like a canopy. The upper surface of each dorsal plate has three rows of tiny carved patterns, making it easy to distinguish it from other millipedes. It has no eyes. It usually lives in the fallen leaves of forests and grasslands, but there are white species that live specialized in caves and feed on organic matter such as bat droppings.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
倍脚綱(ヤスデ綱)オビヤスデ科オビヤスデ属Epanerchodusに属する節足動物の総称。体長2~3cm。胴節は20個で歩肢31対。紫褐色か褐色で背板は平たく,ひさしのように横につき出している。各背板の上面には3列の微小な彫刻模様があるので他のヤスデ類と区別しやすい。眼はない。森林や草地の落葉の中にふつうに生息しているが洞穴内に特化した白色の種がすみ,コウモリの糞などの有機物を食物としているものもある。

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