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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Millipedes (Diplopoda) » Siphonophorida » Siphonophoridae

Family Siphonophoridae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Order Siphonophorida Order Siphonophorida Siphonophora sp. Siphonophora sp. Illacme tobini in Texas?
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Siphonophorida
Family Siphonophoridae
Explanation of Names
Siphonophoridae Newport 1844
Numbers
>110 described spp. in 12 genera total
Identification
Head prolonged into acuminate rostrum; antennae nearly straight, antennomeres 5 & 6 with distal circular sensory pits(1)
Works Cited
1.Myriapodologica Vol. 4 No. 4: The Millipede Order Siphonophorida in the United States and Northern Mexico
Rowland M. Shelley. 1996. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by James Bailey on 11 April, 2018 - 2:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2021 - 9:34pm

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