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Sphaerotheriidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Diplopoda

Rank
  
Family

Subphylum
  
Myriapoda

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Sphaerotheriida

Sphaerotheriidae

Similar
  
Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotherium, Sphaeromimus, Zephroniidae, Arthrosphaeridae

Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa.

Selected genera

Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa

References

Sphaerotheriidae Wikipedia