High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sphaerotheriida (from the Latin sphaerium = ball) is an order of millipedes in the subclass Pentazonia, sometimes known as giant pill millipedes. They inhabit the Southern Hemisphere. Like the Northern Hemisphere pill millipedes of the order Glomerida, these millipedes can roll into a ball when disturbed. When they are rolled-up, most sphaerotheriids reach a maximum size of a cherry or golf ball, but some species from Madagascar can even reach the size of a baseball (an example of island gigantism). When rolled-up, predators are unable to unravel giant pill millipedes since the margins of their second and last dorsal plates fit perfectly into one another, creating a sealed ball. A few giant pill millipede species are able to produce sound, the only millipede taxa known to do this. This order of millipedes is also unique in that some African species are used for medicinal purposes. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений,...

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