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Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910

888798  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888798)

  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. Polydesmidea (Suborder)
  12. Polydesmoides (Infraorder)
  13. Trichopolydesmoidea (Superfamily)
  14. Trichopolydesmidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Trichopolydesmus Verhoeff, 1898 (type by monotypy)
Mastigonodesmidae Attems, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Adisia Golovatch, 1994
  2. Genus Aporodesmella Golovatch, Geoffroy & VandenSpiegel, 2014
  3. Subfamily Bacillidesminae Verhoeff, 1910
    1. Genus Bacillidesmus Attems, 1898
    2. Genus Napocodesmus Ceuca, 1974
  4. Genus Bactrodesmus Cook, 1896
  5. Genus Balkanodesminus Antić, Vagalinski, Stoev & Akkari, 2022
  6. Genus Balkanodesmus Antić & Reip, 2014
  7. Genus Banatodesmus Tabacaru, 1980
  8. Genus Caucasodesmus Golovatch, 1985
  9. Genus Coloradesmus Shear & Steinmann, 2019
  10. Genus Cottodesmus Verhoeff, 1936
  11. Genus Deharvengius Golovatch, Geoffroy & VandenSpiegel, 2013
  12. Genus Eburodesmus Schubart, 1955
  13. Genus Enantiogonus Loomis, 1961
  14. Genus Esperanzella Kraus, 1960
  15. Genus Eutynellus Chamberlin, 1940
  16. Genus Galliocookia Ribaut, 1955
  17. Genus Gonatodesmus Golovatch, Geoffroy & VandenSpiegel, 2013
  18. Genus Haplocookia Brölemann, 1915
  19. Genus Harpogonopus Loomis, 1960
  20. Genus Helicodesmus Golovatch, Geoffroy & VandenSpiegel, 2014
  21. Genus Hemisphaeroparia Schubart, 1955
  22. Subfamily Ingurtidorgiinae Strasser, 1974
    1. Genus Ingurtidorgius Strasser, 1974
  23. Genus Macrosternodesmus Brölemann, 1908
  24. Genus Mastigonodesmus Silvestri, 1898
  25. Genus Mauritacantha Mauriès & Geoffroy, 1999
  26. Genus Mecistoparia Brölemann, 1926
  27. Genus Monstrodesmus Golovatch, Geoffroy & VandenSpiegel, 2014
  28. Genus Occitanocookia Mauriès, 1980
  29. Genus Packardesmus Shear & Shelley, 2019
  30. Genus Physetoparia Brölemann, 1920
  31. Genus Rhodopodesmus Antić, Vagalinski, Stoev & Akkari, 2022
  32. Genus Sakophallus Chamberlin, 1941
  33. Genus Simplogonopus Vagalinski, Golovatch, Akkari & Stoev, 2019
  34. Genus Solentanodesmus Antić & Reip, 2014
  35. Genus Sphaeroparia Attems, 1909
  36. Subfamily Trichopolydesminae Verhoeff, 1910
  37. Genus Trichopolydesmus Verhoeff, 1898
  38. Genus Trilobodesmus Golovatch & Mauriès, 2007
  39. Genus Velebitodesmus Antić & Reip, 2014
  40. Genus Verhoeffodesmus Strasser, 1959
  41. Genus Mauritacantha Verhoeff, 1939 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verhoeff, K. W. (1910). Über Diplopoden. 42. Aufsatz: Neue Polydesmiden aus Mitteleuropa und ihre Verwandten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 36(6-7): 132-145. Leipzig
page(s): 135 [details] 
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888798 on 2026-01-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888798 on 2026-01-18
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original description Verhoeff, K. W. (1910). Über Diplopoden. 42. Aufsatz: Neue Polydesmiden aus Mitteleuropa und ihre Verwandten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 36(6-7): 132-145. Leipzig
page(s): 135 [details] 

original description (of Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916) Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France.</em> 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 586 [details] 

original description (of Mastigonodesmidae Attems, 1914) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1914). Die indo-australischen Myriopoden. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 80A(4): 1-398. Berlin., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13260451
page(s): 184 [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): 449; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details] 

additional source Golovatch, S. (2013). A reclassification of the millipede superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea, with descriptions of two new species from the Aegean region (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 340: 63-78., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.340.6295
page(s): 75-76 [details] 

additional source Golovatch, S. I.; Nzoko Fiemapong, A. R.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2019). Trichopolydesmidae from Cameroon, 2: A species-level reclassification of Afrotropical trichopolydesmids (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), with two new species and two new records from Cameroon, and two new species from the Nimba Mountains, Guinea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 891: 31-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fzookeys.891.46986 [details] 

additional source Golovatch, S. I. (2024). Five new species of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae from Peru (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 33(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.33.1.01
page(s): 1; note: Among the small to very small polydesmoid milli pedes (2–16 mm long), or so-called micropolydesmids, the family Trichopolydesmidae has been considered within either the superfamily Trichopolydesmoi...    
Among the small to very small polydesmoid milli pedes (2–16 mm long), or so-called micropolydesmids, the family Trichopolydesmidae has been considered within either the superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea [Golovatch, 2013; Enghoff et al., 2015] or the superfamily Polydesmoidea [Shear, Reddell, 2017].
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additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 71 [details] 

additional source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 404 [details] 

additional 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): 357 [details] 
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