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Rhachodesmidae
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Rhachodesmidae

Rhachodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are more than 20 genera and at least 80 described species in Rhachodesmidae.

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17 branches of this family, most-observed first

Aceratophallus

genusAceratophallus

Chromodesmus

genusChromodesmus

Pararhachistes

genusPararhachistes

Strongylodesmus

genusStrongylodesmus

Neoleptodesmus

genusNeoleptodesmus

Tiphallus

genusTiphallus

Acutangulus

genusAcutangulus

Ceuthauxus

genusCeuthauxus

Diuncustoma

genusDiuncustoma

Tancitares

genusTancitares

Unculabes

genusUnculabes

Rhachidomorpha

genusRhachidomorpha

Rhachodesmus

genusRhachodesmus

Mexidesmus

genusMexidesmus

Teinorhachis

genusTeinorhachis

Curodesmus

genusCurodesmus

Metaphallus

genusMetaphallus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245156.