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Opisthocheiridae

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

Opisthocheiridae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] This family includes 40 species distributed among seven genera.[2] These millipedes are found in western Europe and Morocco.[3]

Description

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Millipedes in this family range from 5 mm to 16 mm in length. The paranota are small humps and hardly developed sometimes. The posterior gonopods have from one to three segments.[3] Adult millipedes in this family have 26 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[4][3] This family includes the cave-dwelling species Opisthocheiron canayerensis, 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.[5][4]

Genera

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This family includes seven genera:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Opisthocheiridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Opisthocheiridae Ribaut, 1913 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. ^ a b c 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 [413]. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (1984). "Particularités du Développement Post-embryonaire du Diplopode Craspedosomide Cavernicole Opisthocheiron canayerensis". Mémoires de Biospéologie (in French). 11: 211–220.