Conotylidae

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Conotylidae
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Conotyla millipede, Oregon Caves National Monument
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Conotyloidea
Family: Conotylidae
Cook, 1896

Conotylidae 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 19 genera and at least 60 described species in Conotylidae. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Genera

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 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
  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. ISBN   9789004188273.
  3. "Conotylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Conotylidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. "Conotylidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. "Browse Conotylidae". 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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