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Macrochaeteumatidae

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

Macrochaeteumatidae 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) rather than the 30 segments usually found in this order.[2]

Genera:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Macrochaeteumatidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.