Cyliosomatidae

Cyliosomatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Sphaerotheriida
Family: Cyliosomatidae
Jeekel, 1974

Cyliosomatidae is a family of giant millipedes in the order Sphaerotheriida, found in Australia. First described in 1974 by C. A. W. Jeekel. Two genera are known:

References

  1. ↑ Wesener, Thomas (May 30, 2014). "A new phylogenetic analysis of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda) with a revision of the Australian giant pill-millipedes". Invertebrate Systematics. 28 (2): 196–213. doi:10.1071/IS13048. S2CID 83889399 – via www.publish.csiro.au.
  2. ↑ Wesener, Thomas (2016). "The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida – An annotated species catalogue with morphological atlas and list of apomorphies (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-10.
  3. ↑ Minelli, Alessandro (September 29, 2015). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-18827-3 – via Google Books.