Polydesmidae

Polydesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida.[1] These millipedes range from 4 mm to 30 mm in length.[2] This family includes species notable for featuring sexual dimorphism in segment number: Adult females in the genus Perapolydesmus have the usual 20 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last), but the adult males have only 19.[3]

Polydesmidae
Polydesmus collaris in central Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Polydesmidae

Leach, 1815
Genera

See text

Genera
Male Nipponesmus shirinensis from Taiwan in ventral and lateral view
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  • Antrochodus
  • Archipolydesmus
  • Basicentrus
  • Bhutanodesmus
  • Bidentogon
  • Bosniodesmus
  • Bosporodesmus
  • Brachydesmus
  • Brembosoma
  • Calianotus
  • Chromobrachydesmus
  • Cookia
  • Cretodesmus
  • Dixidesmus
  • Epanerchodus
  • Eumastigonodesmus
  • Goniodesmus
  • Haplobrachidesmus
  • Haplocookia
  • Heterocookia
  • Himalodesmus
  • Hispaniodesmus
  • Huzichodus
  • Jaxartes
  • Kirgisdesmus
  • Leptobrachydesmus
  • Lophobrachydesmus
  • Mastigonodesmus
  • Mastuchus
  • Merioceratium
  • Niponchodus
  • Nipponesmus
  • Nomarchus
  • Pacidesmus
  • Peltogonopus
  • Perapolydesmus
  • Polydesmus
  • Prionomatis
  • Propolydesmus
  • Pseudopolydesmus
  • Retrorsia
  • Riuerchodus
  • Sardodesmus
  • Schedoleiodesmus
  • Schizobrachydesmus
  • Schizomeritius
  • Schizoturanius
  • Scytonotus
  • Serradium
  • Spanobrachium
  • Speodesmus
  • Stylobrachydesmus
  • Telopoditius
  • Tolosanius
  • Trachynotus
  • Troglobrachydesmus
  • Turanodesmus
  • Uniramidesmus
  • Usbekodesmus
  • Utadesmus

References
  1. "Polydesmidae". Catalogue of Life. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015). "Diplopoda — Taxanomic Overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Vol. 2. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 402. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
  3. 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 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.


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