Xystodesmidae | |
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Apheloria virginiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Polydesmida |
Suborder: | Leptodesmidea |
Superfamily: | Xystodesmoidea |
Family: | Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 |
Subfamilies | |
Diversity | |
c. 60 genera, 300+ species | |
Synonyms | |
Fontariidae Attems, 1926 |
Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes).[1] The family Xystodesmidae was created by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1895 and named after the genus Xystodesmus.[2][3] This family includes more than 390 known species distributed among 62 genera.[1] Many species, however, remain undescribed: for example, it is estimated that the genus Nannaria contains over 200 species, but only 25 were described as of 2006.[4] By 2022, 78 species in Nannaria have been described.[5]
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