| Blaniulidae | |
|---|---|
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| Blaniulus guttulatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Julida |
| Family: | Blaniulidae C. L. Koch, 1847 |
Blaniulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida. Members are long and thin, with a length:width ratio of up to 30:1. Eyes may be present or absent, and members have distinctive spots on each segment: the ozadenes or odiferous glands.[1] The family contains the following genera:[2]
- Acipes
- Alpiobates
- Archiboreoiulus
- Bilselibates
- Blaniulus
- Boreoiulus
- Choneiulus
- Gomphiocephalus
- Iberoiulus
- Microchoneiulus
- Nopoiulus
- Occitaniulus
- Orphanoiulus
- Proteroiulus
- Sardoblaniulus
- Tarracoblaniulus
- Thassoblaniulus
- Typhloblaniulus
- Vascoblaniulus
- Virgoiulus
References
- ↑ J. Gordon Blower (1985). Millipedes: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. Linnean Society of London. p. 105. ISBN 90-04-07698-0.
- ↑ P. Myers; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond & T. A. Dewey (2013). "Blaniulidae: Classification". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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