Sphaerotheriidae
Encyclopedia
Sphaerotheriidae is a family
of giant pill millipede
s of the class
Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in South Africa.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of giant pill millipede
Millipede
Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment . Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one...
s of the class
Class (biology)
In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...
Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in South Africa.
Selected genera
- Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa