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Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895

888763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888763)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Myriapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Diplopoda (Class)
  6. Chilognatha (Subclass)
  7. Helminthomorpha (Infraclass)
  8. Eugnatha (Subterclass)
  9. Merocheta (Superorder)
  10. Polydesmida (Order)
  11. Leptodesmidea (Suborder)
  12. Platyrhacoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Platyrhacidae (Family)
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Platyrhacoidea Pocock, 1895

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  1. Subfamily Barydesminae Hoffman, 1980
    1. Genus Barydesmus Cook, 1896
    2. Genus Nyssodesmus Cook, 1896
    3. Genus Tirodesmus Cook, 1896
  2. Subfamily Diodontodesminae Jeekel, 2007
    1. Genus Diodontodesmus Pocock, 1897
    2. Genus Paradesmorhachis Pocock, 1897
  3. Subfamily Erythrhacinae Jeekel, 2007
    1. Genus Derodesmus Cook, 1896
    2. Genus Erythrhacus Hoffman, 1962
    3. Genus Ilodesmus Cook, 1896
    4. Genus Mastigorhacus Jeekel, 2007
  4. Subfamily Euryurinae Pocock, 1909
  5. Genus Hoffmanorhacus Shelley & Martínez-Torres, 2013
  6. Subfamily Hoplurorhachinae Hoffman, 2001
    1. Genus Creagronopus Hoffman, 2001
    2. Genus Hoplurorhachis Pocock, 1897
    3. Genus Sabarhacus Hoffman, 2001
  7. Subfamily Phyodesminae Cook, 1896
    1. Genus Phyodesmus Cook, 1896
  8. Subfamily Platyrhacinae Pocock, 1895
    1. Genus Amnestorhacus Hoffman & Martínez-Torres, 2012
    2. Genus Kainorhacus Jeekel, 2007
    3. Tribe Platyrhacini Pocock, 1895
      1. Genus Acanthodesmus Peters, 1864
      2. Genus Arbelorhacus Hoffman, 2001
      3. Genus Cradodesmus Cook, 1896
      4. Genus Eurydirorhachis Pocock, 1897
      5. Genus Gigantorhacus Jeekel, 2007
      6. Genus Nanorrhacus Cook, 1896
      7. Genus Platyrhacus C. L. Koch, 1847
      8. Genus Rhyphodesmus Cook, 1896
      9. Genus Stenoniodes Pocock, 1897
      10. Genus Trematorhacus Jeekel, 2007
      11. Genus Platyrhachus C. L. Koch, 1847 accepted as Platyrhacus C. L. Koch, 1847 (lapsus calami)
    4. Genus Proaspis Loomis, 1941
  9. Subfamily Polydesmorhachinae Hoffman, 1980
    1. Genus Polydesmorhachis Pocock, 1897
  10. Subfamily Psammodesminae Hoffman, 1960
    1. Genus Psammodesmus Cook, 1896
  11. Subfamily Psaphodesminae Cook, 1896
    1. Genus Acerhacus Hoffman, 2006
    2. Genus Betarhacus Hoffman, 2006
    3. Genus Clastrorhacus Hoffmann, 2006
    4. Genus Corymborhacus Hoffman, 2006
    5. Genus Graphirhacus Jeekel, 2007
    6. Genus Ozorhacus Attems, 1932
    7. Genus Parazodesmus Pocock, 1898
    8. Genus Petalorhacus Hoffman, 1997
    9. Genus Pleorhacus Attems, 1914
    10. Genus Psaphodesmus Cook, 1896
    11. Genus Sundarhacus Hoffman, 1965
    12. Genus Tessarorhacus Jeekel, 2007
    13. Genus Zodesmus Cook, 1896
  12. Subfamily Taphodesminae Cook, 1896
    1. Genus Polylepis Bollman, 1893
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pocock, R. I. (1895). Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXVII. The Myriopoda of Burma, Pt. IV. Report upon the Polydesmoidea collected by Sig. L. Fea, Mr. E. W. Oates and others. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2.</em> 14: 787-834. Genova., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940827
page(s): 788; note: as Platyrrhacidae [details] 
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888763 on 2026-09-14
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888763 on 2026-09-14
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original description Pocock, R. I. (1895). Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXVII. The Myriopoda of Burma, Pt. IV. Report upon the Polydesmoidea collected by Sig. L. Fea, Mr. E. W. Oates and others. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2.</em> 14: 787-834. Genova., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940827
page(s): 788; note: as Platyrrhacidae [details] 

taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 448; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details] 

additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101.
page(s): 52; note: corrected spelling of family group name to Platyrhacidae [details] 

status source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 280 [details] 
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