Siphonophoridae

Family of millipedes

Siphonophoridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Siphonophorida
Family: Siphonophoridae
Newport, 1844

Siphonophoridae is a family of millipedes in the order Siphonophorida. There are about 12 genera and more than 110 described species in Siphonophoridae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Siphonophoridae:

  • Bactrois Cook, 1896
  • Balizonium Verhoeff, 1941
  • Columbianum Verhoeff, 1941
  • Gonatotrichus Attems, 1951
  • Linozonium Attems, 1951
  • Lomboknium Verhoeff, 1941
  • Okeanozonium Verhoeff, 1941
  • Pterozonium Attems, 1951
  • Rhinosiphora Verhoeff, 1924
  • Siphonacme Cook & Loomis, 1928
  • Siphonocybe Pocock, 1903
  • Siphonophora Brandt, 1837

References

  1. ^ "Siphonophoridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ^ "Siphonophoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Brewer, M. S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMC 3352885. PMID 22615951.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.
Taxon identifiers
Siphonophoridae


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