Spirobolellidae

Family of millipedes

Spirobolellidae

Paraspirobolus lucifugus, Okinawa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Spirobolida
Family:	Spirobolellidae Brolemann, 1913

Spirobolellidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirobolida. There are about 11 genera and more than 100 described species in Spirobolellidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Spirobolellidae:

Attemsobolus
Desmocricellus Attems, 1953
Howeobolus
Hylekobolus Wesener, 2009
Paraspirobolus Brölemann, 1902
Physobolus Attems, 1936
Poratobolus
Queenslandobolus
Spirobolellus Pocock, 1894
Strophobolus
Walesbolus Verhoeff, 1928

References

^ "Spirobolellidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^ "Spirobolellidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Brewer, M. S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMC 3352885. PMID 22615951.
Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.

Taxon identifiers
Spirobolellidae	Wikidata: Q11848119 Wikispecies: Spirobolellidae AFD: Spirobolellidae CoL: 7NL4S EoL: 6534 Fauna Europaea: 11582 Fauna Europaea (new): bbdfb0cf-95f7-4519-ac79-b9c12787c461 GBIF: 8258 iNaturalist: 337004 IRMNG: 110037 ITIS: 568994 NBN: NHMSYS0020108488 NCBI: 421760 NZOR: effe639b-c9a2-4be4-8242-1bfb22642a12 Open Tree of Life: 371614 WoRMS: 888786