Brachycybe
| Brachycybe | |
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| Brachycybe lecontii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Platydesmida |
| Family: | Andrognathidae |
| Genus: | Brachycybe Wood, 1864 |
| Type species | |
| Brachycybe lecontii Wood, 1864
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Brachycybe (Greek for "short head") is a genus of social millipedes found in temperate forests of North America and East Asia. In North America they are found in the Pacific coastal region from Oregon to southern California and in eastern regions including the southern Appalachian Mountains, the Cumberland Plateau, the Ozark Mountains, and parts of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Species in this genus are often referred to as "feather millipedes" due to their shape.
In a rare example of paternal care in invertebrates, males of most species guard the eggs until they hatch.