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Sphaerotheriidae
Sign in to saveSphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderSphaerotheriida
- FamilySphaerotheriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Sphaerotheriidae
- Collections
- MCZ, MZLU, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Sri Lanka
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- Sphaerotheriida
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Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa.
==Genera== Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa
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