Spirobolidae
Encyclopedia
Spirobolidae is a family
of millipede
s, a class
of many-legged invertebrate
. The family consists of several genera
with numerous species
, and is communly divided into subfamilies Spirobolinae and Tylobolinae.
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 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, a 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...
of many-legged invertebrate
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
. The family consists of several genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
with numerous species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
, and is communly divided into subfamilies Spirobolinae and Tylobolinae.
Genera
- Arctobolus Cook, 1904
- Auxobolus Chamberlin, 1949
- Aztecolus Chamberlin, 1943
- Californibolus Verhoeff, 1944
- Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947
- Hiltonius Chamberlin, 1918
- Incobolus Chamberlin, 1955
- Narceus Rafinesque, 1820
- Prospirobolus Attems, 1910
- Rhexenor Rafinesque, 1820
- Sinobolus Chamberlin & Wang, 1953
- Spirobolus Brandt, 1833
- Tylobolus Cook, 1904