Brachypauropodidae
Appearance
Brachypauropodidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Pauropoda |
Order: | Tetramerocerata |
Family: | Brachypauropodidae Silvestri, 1902 |
Brachypauropodidae is a family of pauropods.[1] Like most adult pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata,[2] most adults in this family have 9 pairs of legs, but adults in a few species in two genera, Aletopauropus and Zygopauropus, have only 8 pairs of legs.[3][4]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brachypauropodidae Silvestri, 1902". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ 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: 103–234.
- ^ Scheller, Ulf (2008-01-01). "A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)". International Journal of Myriapodology. 1 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1163/187525408X316730. ISSN 1875-2535.
- ^ Scheller, Ulf (1985). "On the Classification of the Family Brachypauropodidae (Myriapoda; Pauropoda)". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 55 (1): 202–208 – via Naturalis Repository.
External links
- Data related to Brachypauropodidae at Wikispecies