Sphaerotheriidae
| Sphaerotheriidae | |
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| Sphaerotherium species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Sphaerotheriida |
| Family: | Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833 [1] |
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Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa.[2][3]
Selected genera
- Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa
References
- ↑ "Family Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ↑ Wesener, T. & van den Spiegel, D. (2009). "A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism". Cladistics 25: 545–573. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x.
- ↑ Thomas Wesener (December 7, 2006). Giant-pill millipede phylogeny and plate tectonics (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida) (PDF). 8th Young Systematists' Forum. Natural History Museum, London: The Systematics Association.