Abacion is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Abacionidae. There are about 10 described species in Abacion.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Abacion:
- Abacion creolum <small>(Chamberlin, 1942)</small>
- Abacion highlandense <small>(Hoffman, 1950)</small>
- Abacion jonesi <small>(Chamberlin, 1942)</small>
- Abacion lactarium <small>(Say, 1821)</small>
- Abacion magnum <small>(Loomis, 1943)</small>
- Abacion spinosa <small>(Sager, 1856)</small>
- Abacion tesselatum <small>Rafinesque, 1820</small>
- Abacion texense <small>(Loomis, 1937)</small>
- Abacion texensis <small>(Loomis, 1937)</small>
- Abacion wilhelminae <small>Shelley, McAllister & Hollis, 2003</small>
Identification
Abacion are large, dark brown millipedes with six primary dorsel crests between pore crests on body ring 12.
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