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Chamaesomatidae

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Chamaesomatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Brannerioidea
Family: Chamaesomatidae

Chamaesomatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] This family contains 28 species distributed among 11 genera. These millipedes are found in Europe and North Africa.[2]

Description

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These millipedes range from 3.3 mm to 12 mm in length. The paranota are small and humplike. Many species lack pigment and dwell in caves. Adult millipedes in this family have 26, 28, or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[2] This family includes the species Chamaesoma broelemanni, notable as one of only a few chordeumatidan species with only 26 segments in adults, four fewer segments than typically found in adults in this order.[3][4]

Genera

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This family includes 11 genera:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chamaesomatidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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 [411–412]. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
  3. ^ David, Jean-Francois (1989). "Le cycle biologique de Chamaesoma broelemanni Ribaut et Verhoeff, 1913 (Diplopoda, Craspedosomatida) en forêt d'Orléans (France)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Section A (in French). 4:11 (3): 639–647. doi:10.5962/p.288286. S2CID 132547501 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ 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.