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Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896

394549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394549)

  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. Dalodesmidea (Suborder)
  12. Dalodesmidae (Family)
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Family
Dalodesmidea
Icosidesmidae Brölemann, 1916 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Sphaerotrichopodidae Attems, 1914 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Tuberculariini Brölemann, 1916 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Vanhoeffeniidae Attems, 1914 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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  1. Genus Abatodesmus Silvestri, 1903
  2. Genus Allawrencius Verhoeff, 1939
  3. Genus Anaulacodesmus Attems, 1898
  4. Genus Araneopedis Mesibov, 2025
  5. Genus Atalopharetra Mesibov, 2005
  6. Genus Atrophotergum Mesibov, 2004
  7. Genus Blysmopeltis Johns, 1970
  8. Genus Bromodesmus Mesibov, 2004
  9. Genus Canacophilus Carl, 1926
  10. Genus Cernethia Mesibov, 2015
  11. Genus Dalodesmus Cook, 1896
  12. Genus Dasystigma Mesibov, 2003
  13. Genus Dendrocaffrus Hoffman, 1974
  14. Genus Dibologonus Mesibov, 2025
  15. Genus Dityloura Johns, 1970
  16. Genus Doryskelus Schubart, 1956
  17. Genus Drakensius Verhoeff, 1939
  18. Genus Dysmicodesmus Mesibov, 2010
  19. Genus Eparmatolophus Johns, 1964
  20. Genus Erythrodemus Johns, 1970
  21. Genus Eutubercularium Brölemann, 1916
  22. Genus Gasterogramma Jeekel, 1982
  23. Genus Gephyrodesmus Jeekel, 1983
  24. Genus Ginglymodesmus Mesibov, 2005
  25. Genus Gnomeskelus Attems, 1926
  26. Genus Gonokollesis Attems, 1928
  27. Genus Harpethrix Attems, 1926
  28. Genus Hemiphygoxerotes Schubart, 1956
  29. Genus Icosidesmus Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
  30. Genus Ischnocaffrus Hoffman, 1974
  31. Genus Kebodesmus Mesibov & Rodriguez, 2020
  32. Genus Kuschelodesmus Hoffman, 1979
  33. Genus Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
  34. Genus Mikroporus Attems, 1898
  35. Genus Monenchodesmus Silvestri, 1903
  36. Genus Myrmekia Attems, 1898
  37. Genus Noteremus Mesibov, 2009
  38. Genus Notonaia Johns, 1970
  39. Genus Notonesiotes Johns, 1970
  40. Genus Oeciaconus Hoffman, 1979
  41. Genus Oligodesmus Attems, 1898
  42. Genus Orthorhachis Jeekel, 1985
  43. Genus Pacificosoma Schubart, 1963
  44. Genus Paredrodesmus Mesibov, 2003
  45. Genus Paurodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
  46. Genus Peninsularia Schubart, 1956
  47. Genus Perbrinckiella Schubart, 1956
  48. Genus Philocaffrus Attems, 1926
  49. Genus Phymatodesmus De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902
  50. Genus Platytarropus Verhoeff, 1939
  51. Genus Platytarrus Attems, 1926
  52. Genus Pleonaraius Attems, 1898
  53. Genus Polydactylogonus Mesibov, 2025
  54. Genus Procophorella Mesibov, 2003
  55. Genus Pseudoprionopeltis Carl, 1902
  56. Genus Pseudothelydesmus Schubart, 1956
  57. Genus Rhopaloskelus Attems, 1940
  58. Genus Schubartina Lawrence, 1958
  59. Genus Semnosoma Silvestri, 1903
  60. Genus Serangodes Attems, 1898
  61. Genus Setoisenoton Mesibov, 2010
  62. Genus Sphaerotrichopus Attems, 1911
  63. Genus Stenauchenia Attems, 1901
  64. Genus Tasmaniosoma Verhoeff, 1936
  65. Genus Tasmanodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
  66. Genus Tasmanopeltis Mesibov, 2006
  67. Genus Tongodesmus Schubart, 1963
  68. Genus Trematocaffrus Hoffman, 1974
  69. Genus Trienchodesmus Silvestri, 1903
  70. Genus Tsagonus Chamberlin, 1957
  71. Genus Tzitzikamina Schubart, 1956
  72. Genus Vanhoeffenia Attems, 1908
  73. Genus Victoriombrus Mesibov, 2004
  74. Genus Anthogonopus Carl, 1926 accepted as Canacophilus Carl, 1926 (junior subjective synonym)
  75. Genus Antisoma Chamberlin, 1920 accepted as Icosidesmus Humbert & De Saussure, 1869 (junior subjective synonym)
  76. Genus Australopeltis Johns, 1964 accepted as Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 (junior subjective synonym)
  77. Genus Chiliosoma Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Semnosoma Silvestri, 1903 (junior subjective synonym)
  78. Genus Chilorus Chamberlin, 1957 accepted as Semnosoma Silvestri, 1903 (junior subjective synonym)
  79. Genus Microporus Attems, 1940 accepted as Mikroporus Attems, 1898 (unjustified emendation and preoccupied by Microporus Uhler, 1872, Hemiptera)
  80. Genus Pelmatotylus Attems, 1938 accepted as Gnomeskelus Attems, 1926 (junior subjective synonym)
  81. Genus Pleonarius Attems, 1898 accepted as Pleonaraius Attems, 1898 (misspelled by Demange & Silva (1976), Hoffman (1980), Golovatch (2014))
  82. Genus Pleonoraius Attems, 1898 accepted as Pleonaraius Attems, 1898 (misspelled by Silvestri (1903))
  83. Genus Pterodesmus DeSaussure & Zehntner, 1901 accepted as Polydesmus (Tubercularium) Attems, 1898 accepted as Eutubercularium Brölemann, 1916 (junior subjective synonym)
  84. Genus Queenslandesmus Verhoeff, 1924 accepted as Paurodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 (junior subjective synonym)
  85. Genus Rhopaloskelus Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Rhopaloskelus Attems, 1940 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
  86. Tribe Tuberculariini Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
  87. Genus Tubercularium Attems, 1898 accepted as Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 26 [details] 
MilliBase (2026). Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394549 on 2026-08-01
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2009-05-06 14:27:06Z
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Barber, A.D.
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Sierwald, Petra

original description Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 26 [details] 

original description (of Icosidesmidae 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): 567, 586 [details] 

original description (of Semnosomatidae 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): 555, 585; note: introduced as Semnosomidae, containing the tribes Tuberculariini and Semnosomini [details] 

original description (of Sphaerotrichopodidae 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): 238; note: as Sphaerotrichopidae [details] 

original description (of Vanhoeffeniidae 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): 158 [details] 

original description (of Tuberculariini 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): 585; note: was introduced as one of two tribes of the family Semnosomidae (recte Semnosomatidae) [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 Parra-Gómez, A. (2022). Catálogo de los milpiés (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) de Chile. <em>REVISTA CHILENA DE ENTOMOLOGÍA.</em> 48(3): 451-504., available online at https://doi.org/10.35249/rche.48.3.22.02
page(s): 454 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Mesibov, R. (2017). Annotated catalogue of South American Dalodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4338(3): 507-525., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.6
page(s): 507 [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): 321 [details] 
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