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Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
888784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888784)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Bonetesminae Hoffman, 1980
- Subfamily Desmoninae Cook, 1898
- Tribe Desmonini Cook, 1898
- Genus Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864
- Genus Desmonus Cook, 1898
- Genus Desmoniella Loomis, 1943 accepted as Desmonus Cook, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Taphrodesmus Silvestri, 1910 accepted as Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tetraporosoma Loomis, 1966 accepted as Desmonus Cook, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Tribe Hybocestini Hoffman, 1979
- Genus Hybocestus Hoffman, 1959
- Tribe Desmonini Cook, 1898
- Subfamily Sphaeriodesminae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
- Genus Cyclodesmus Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
- Genus Cylionus Cook, 1898
- Genus Haplocyclodesmus Attems, 1940
- Genus Lophocyclus Loomis, 1936
- Tribe Sphaeriodesmini Humbert & Saussure, 1869
- Genus Sphaeriodesmus Peters, 1864
- Tribe Colobodesmini Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Sphaeriodesmini Humbert & Saussure, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Humbert, A.; Saussure, H. L. F. de (1869). Myriopoda nova Americana. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2. Sér., 21: 149-159, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44243203
page(s): 149 [details]
page(s): 149 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888784 on 2025-05-13
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888784 on 2025-05-13
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Humbert, A.; Saussure, H. L. F. de (1869). Myriopoda nova Americana. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2. Sér., 21: 149-159, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44243203
page(s): 149 [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 Hoffman, R. L. (1959). A new diplopod genus from Guatemala, closely related to Desmonus, and its effect on the validity of the families Desmonidae and Cyclodesmidae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 72: 173-182 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1979). On the status of the milliped genus Cyphodesmus Peters 1864 (Sphaeriodesmidae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 86(1): 3-9. Genève [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1990). A phylogenetically interesting spaeriodesmid milliped from Oaxaca, Mexico (Polydesmida: Spaheriodesmidae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 97(3): 669-679. Genève [details]
additional source Shear, W. A. (1982). Millipeds (Diplopoda) from caves in Mexico and Central America. IV. New species and records of Glomeridae, Cleidogonidae, Trichopetalidae, Fuhrmannodesmidae and Sphaeriodesmidae. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin, 28: 145-160 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details]
additional source Cook, O. F. (1898). American oniscoid Diplopoda of the order Merocheta. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1154): 451-468. Washington D.C. [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville [details]
additional source Shear, W. A. (1973). Millipeds (Diplopoda) from Mexican and Guatemalan caves. Accademia, Nazionale dei Lincei, Problemi Attuali di Scienza e di Cultura, 171(2): 239-305. Roma [details]
additional source Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103 [details]
additional source Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32 [details]
additional source Bueno-Villegas, J.; Sierwald, P.; Espinosa-de-los-Monteros, A. (2008). Phylogeny of the millipede genus Sphaeriodesmus Peters, 1864 (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae) based on morphological characters. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 8(2): 99-120 [details]
additional source Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19 [details]
page(s): 149 [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 Hoffman, R. L. (1959). A new diplopod genus from Guatemala, closely related to Desmonus, and its effect on the validity of the families Desmonidae and Cyclodesmidae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 72: 173-182 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1979). On the status of the milliped genus Cyphodesmus Peters 1864 (Sphaeriodesmidae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 86(1): 3-9. Genève [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1990). A phylogenetically interesting spaeriodesmid milliped from Oaxaca, Mexico (Polydesmida: Spaheriodesmidae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 97(3): 669-679. Genève [details]
additional source Shear, W. A. (1982). Millipeds (Diplopoda) from caves in Mexico and Central America. IV. New species and records of Glomeridae, Cleidogonidae, Trichopetalidae, Fuhrmannodesmidae and Sphaeriodesmidae. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin, 28: 145-160 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details]
additional source Cook, O. F. (1898). American oniscoid Diplopoda of the order Merocheta. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1154): 451-468. Washington D.C. [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville [details]
additional source Shear, W. A. (1973). Millipeds (Diplopoda) from Mexican and Guatemalan caves. Accademia, Nazionale dei Lincei, Problemi Attuali di Scienza e di Cultura, 171(2): 239-305. Roma [details]
additional source Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103 [details]
additional source Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32 [details]
additional source Bueno-Villegas, J.; Sierwald, P.; Espinosa-de-los-Monteros, A. (2008). Phylogeny of the millipede genus Sphaeriodesmus Peters, 1864 (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae) based on morphological characters. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 8(2): 99-120 [details]
additional source Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19 [details]
