Opisthocheiridae

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Opisthocheiridae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Family: Opisthocheiridae

Opisthocheiridae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] Adult millipedes in this family have 26 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[2][3] This family includes the species Opisthocheiron canayerensis, one of the few species in this order with only 26 segments.[2]

Genera:[1]

  • Silvestri, 1898
  • Ribaut, 1920
  • Brölemann, 1920
  • Ribaut, 1920
  • Verhoeff, 1910
  • Ribaut, 1913
  • Ribaut, 1905
  • Jeekel, 1969
  • Ribaut, 1913
  • Mauriès & Vicente, 1977
  • Reboleira & Enghoff, 2014

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Opisthocheiridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109: 103–234.
  3. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017.
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