Members of the order Polydesmida are also known as flat-backed millipedes , because on most species, each body segment has wide lateral keels known as

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Members of the order Polydesmida are also known as flat-backed millipedes , because on most species, each body segment has wide lateral keels known as paranota. Many species produce toxic secretions.

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