Bed-jacket vs flat millipede

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Polydesmus angustus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while flat millipede is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	flat millipede
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Diplopoda (Diplopoda)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Polydesmida (Polydesmida)
Family	Sapindaceae	Polydesmidae
Genus	Alectryon	Polydesmus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Polydesmus angustus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

flat millipede

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	flat millipede
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

flat millipede

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.