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Glomerida Brandt, 1833
Order Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833
Infraclass Helminthomorpha Po****, 1887
Superorder †Archipolypoda Scudder, 1882
Order †Archidesmida...
- infraclasses: Pentazonia,
containing the short-bodied pill millipedes, and
Helminthomorpha (worm-like millipedes),
containing the
great majority of the species...
- no gonopods. This
millipede is the only
species in the
infraclass Helminthomorpha without gonopods. The most
common deviation, however, is a reduction...
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Pentazonia Helminthomorpha (worm-like millipedes)...
- The
subclass Chilognatha contains the
infraclasses Pentazonia and
Helminthomorpha. In 2003, the
order Polyxenida contained 159
valid species and/or subspecies...
- a
sister group to all
living Chilognathan millipedes (Pentazonia +
Helminthomorpha). An
alternate hypothesis breaks up the subclass:
placing the orders...
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Pentazonia Helminthomorpha (worm-like millipedes)...
- contentious,
although most
recent studies place them as
basal members of the
Helminthomorpha ("worm-like millipedes").
Siphoniulids are
small and eyeless. The head...
- Subphylum:
Myriapoda class:
Diplopoda Subclass:
Chilognatha Infraclass:
Helminthomorpha Clade:
Colobognatha Order:
Siphonophorida Newport, 1844
Families Siphonophoridae...
- in
mature males, and are
primarily found in
members of the
subgroup Helminthomorpha—containing most
orders and the vast
majority of species—where they...