Sphaerotheriidae
Also known as: Southern African Pill Millipedes, Suider-Afrikaanse Pilduisendpote, กิ้งกือกระสุนแอฟริกาใต้, ネッタイタマヤスデ科
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Diplopoda |
| Order | Sphaerotheriida |
| Family | Sphaerotheriidae |
| Published in | Brandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin De La Societé Impériale Des Naturalistes De Moscou, 6: 194–209. Moscow. https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedet |
| Habitat | TERRESTRIAL |
| Genera | 2 |
| Species records held | 62 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 68 |
| GBIF key | 4043 |
Genera in Sphaerotheriidae
- Sphaerotherium — 61 species: Sphaerotherium alticola, Sphaerotherium apicale, Sphaerotherium boerium, Sphaerotherium capense, Sphaerotherium cinctellum, Sphaerotherium civicum, Sphaerotherium commune, Sphaerotherium compressum
- Kylindotherium — 1 species: Kylindotherium leve
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.