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Faginidae

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

Faginidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] Adult millipedes in this family have only 28 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last), not the 30 segments usually found in this order.[2]

Genera:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Faginidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ 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.