Sphaerotheriidae

Sphaerotheriidae
Sphaerotherium species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Sphaerotheriida
Family:	Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833  [1]

Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa. ^{[2] [3]}

Genera

Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa

References

1. "Family Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833". Australian Faunal Directory . Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts . Retrieved April 8, 2010.
2. Wesener, T. & van den Spiegel, D. (2009). "A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism". Cladistics. 25: 545–573. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
3. Thomas Wesener (December 7, 2006). Giant-pill millipede phylogeny and plate tectonics (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida) (PDF). 8th Young Systematists' Forum. Natural History Museum, London: The Systematics Association.