Caseyidae

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Caseyidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Brannerioidea
Family: Caseyidae
Verhoeff, 1909

Caseyidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). [1] [2] There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Chordeumatida Order of millipedes

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Atopetholidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirobolida. There are about 18 genera and at least 60 described species in Atopetholidae.

Allopocockiidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirobolida. There are about five genera and eight described species in Allopocockiidae.

Cambalidae Family of millipedes

Cambalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Cambalidae.

Cleidogonidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28, 29, or 30 segments. This family includes the genus Tianella, notable for featuring adult millipedes with 29 segments, a number not found in the adults of any other chordeumatidan species. All Tianella species have adults with 29 segments except for two in which adults have only 28 segments. There are seven genera and at least 140 described species in Cleidogonidae.

Conotylidae Family of millipedes

Conotylidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments. There are about 19 genera and at least 60 described species in Conotylidae.

Craspedosomatidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Most adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments, but some have only 28. There are at least 30 genera and 210 described species in Craspedosomatidae.

Rhiscosomides is a genus of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida with seven described species, and is the only genus in the family Rhiscosomididae. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments.

Striariidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments. There are at least 3 genera and about 13 described species in Striariidae.

Trichopetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments. There are about 5 genera and at least 30 described species in Trichopetalidae.

Opiona is a genus of millipedes in the family Caseyidae. There are about 16 described species in Opiona.

Metopidiotrichidae Family of millipedes

Metopidiotrichidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 32 segments, not the 30 segments usually found in this order. Adult males in this family often feature a reduced or vestigial leg pair 10 as part of the gonopod complex, in addition to the two leg pairs typically modified into gonopods in this order. There are about 9 genera and at least 70 described species in Metopidiotrichidae.

Mastigophorophyllidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments.

Chordeumatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have either 28 or 30 segments. This family features distinctive sex-linked modifications to the legs in adults: In the adult female, a legless sternite replaces the third pair of legs, and in the adult male, five pairs of legs are modified in the gonopod complex. These modifications are more extensive than those found in other adult males in this order, which often have only two leg pairs modified into gonopods. With the more extensive modifications to the legs in this family, species with the usual 30 segments feature adult females with only 49 leg pairs and adult males with only 45 pairs of walking legs, and species with only 28 segments feature adult females with only 45 leg pairs and adult males with only 41 pairs of walking legs.

Haasiidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments.

Apterouridae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments.

Haaseidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments.

Attemsiidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments.

Trachygonidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Caseyidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Caseyidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. "Caseyidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. "Browse Caseyidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  7. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals" . Retrieved 2018-02-23.

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