Cyrtodesmidae

Cyrtodesmidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Superfamily:	Pyrgodesmoidea
Family:	Cyrtodesmidae ; Cook, 1896

Last updated August 05, 2025

Cyrtodesmidae is a family of millipedes. Shear (2011) recognised the group as containing 30 species in 3 genera,^[1] probably Agnurodesmus Silvestri, 1910, Cyrtodesmus Gervais in Walckenaer, 1847, and Oncodesmella Kraus, 1959, although other authors recognise different components.

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↑ William Shear (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). In Z.-Q. Zhang (ed.). Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Vol. 3148. pp. 159–164.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

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[1] William Shear (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). In Z.-Q. Zhang (ed.). Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Vol. 3148. pp. 159–164.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

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Cyrtodesmidae

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