Cyliosomatidae

Cyliosomatidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Sphaerotheriida
Family:	Cyliosomatidae ; Jeekel, 1974

Last updated May 29, 2025

Cyliosomatidae is a family of giant millipedes in the order Sphaerotheriida, found in Australia. First described in 1974 by C. A. W. Jeekel.^[1]^[2]^[3] Two genera are known:

Cynotelopus
Cyliosoma

References

↑ 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.
↑ https://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf
↑ 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.

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[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] ttps://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf

[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.

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