Siphonophoridae

Siphonophoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Siphonophorida
Family:	Siphonophoridae Newport, 1844

Siphonophoridae is a family of millipedes in the order Siphonophorida. There are about 12 genera and more than 110 described species in Siphonophoridae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Siphonophoridae:

• Bactrois Cook, 1896
• Balizonium Verhoeff, 1941
• Columbianum Verhoeff, 1941
• Gonatotrichus Attems, 1951
• Linozonium Attems, 1951
• Lomboknium Verhoeff, 1941
• Okeanozonium Verhoeff, 1941
• Pterozonium Attems, 1951
• Rhinosiphora Verhoeff, 1924
• Siphonacme Cook & Loomis, 1928
• Siphonocybe Pocock, 1903
• Siphonophora Brandt, 1837

References

1. "Siphonophoridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. "Siphonophoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Brewer, M. S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE. 7 (5) e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037240 . PMC   3352885 . PMID   22615951.
• Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.
• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN   978-1-884549-12-0.
• Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID   17163800.