Mastigophorophyllidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[2][3]

Mastigophorophyllidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Neoatractosomatoidea
Family: Mastigophorophyllidae

Genera

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This family includes the following genera:[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mastigophorophyllidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 May 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.
  3. ^ 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 9789004188273.
  4. ^ "MilliBase - Mastigophorophyllidae Verhoeff, 1899". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-03-04.