Sphaerotheriidae

Short description: Family of millipedes

Sphaerotheriidae

Sphaerotherium species
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Myriapoda

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Diplopoda

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Sphaerotheriida

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Sphaerotheriidae

Brandt, 1833 [1]

Subfamilies

* Sphaerotheriinae

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

## Selected 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. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/SPHAEROTHERIIDAE. 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. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122536047/abstract.
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. http://www.systass.org/ysf/8th_YSF.pdf.

See also Wikidata entry Q3719457.

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