Brachydesmus
Brachydesmus superus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Polydesmidae
Genus:
Brachydesmus

Heller, 1858

Brachydesmus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Polydesmidae. Millipedes in this genus are found mainly in Europe.[1] Species in this genus have only 19 segments as adults (counting the collum, the telson, and the rings in between), one fewer than found in most polydesmid species.[2][3] Accordingly, adults in this genus have two fewer legs than most polydesmid adults have: Females have only 29 pairs of legs, and males have only 28 pairs of walking legs, excluding one pair of gonopods.[2][4] Species in this genus arrive at these lower numbers of legs and segments by going through the same stages of teloanamorphosis observed in other polydesmids but reaching maturity one moult earlier.[2][3]

Species

Species within this genus include: [5]

  • Brachydesmus absoloni
  • Brachydesmus amblyotropis
  • Brachydesmus apfelbecki
  • Brachydesmus assimilis
  • Brachydesmus attemsi
  • Brachydesmus attemsii
  • Brachydesmus attenuatus
  • Brachydesmus avalae
  • Brachydesmus bebekensis
  • Brachydesmus bidentatus
  • Brachydesmus bosniensis
  • Brachydesmus camerani
  • Brachydesmus carniolensis
  • Brachydesmus cernagoranus
  • Brachydesmus chyzeri
  • Brachydesmus cornuatus
  • Brachydesmus cristofer
  • Brachydesmus croaticus
  • Brachydesmus dadayi
  • Brachydesmus dadayii
  • Brachydesmus dalmaticus
  • Brachydesmus doboiensis
  • Brachydesmus dolinensis
  • Brachydesmus dorsolucidus
  • Brachydesmus exiguus
  • Brachydesmus ferrugineus
  • Brachydesmus filiformis
  • Brachydesmus frangipanus
  • Brachydesmus frondicola
  • Brachydesmus furcatus
  • Brachydesmus glabrimarginalis
  • Brachydesmus hastatus
  • Brachydesmus henrikenghoffi
  • Brachydesmus herzegowinensis
  • Brachydesmus histricus
  • Brachydesmus incisus
  • Brachydesmus inferus
  • Brachydesmus insculptus
  • Brachydesmus institor
  • Brachydesmus istanbulensis
  • Brachydesmus jalzici
  • Brachydesmus jeanelli
  • Brachydesmus jubatus
  • Brachydesmus kalischewskyi
  • Brachydesmus karawajewi
  • Brachydesmus langhofferi
  • Brachydesmus lapadensis
  • Brachydesmus lapidivagus
  • Brachydesmus latzelii
  • Brachydesmus likanus
  • Brachydesmus ljubetensis
  • Brachydesmus lobifer
  • Brachydesmus macedonicus
  • Brachydesmus magnus
  • Brachydesmus margaritatus
  • Brachydesmus mitis
  • Brachydesmus nemilanus
  • Brachydesmus novaki
  • Brachydesmus parallelus
  • Brachydesmus pereliae
  • Brachydesmus perfidus
  • Brachydesmus peristerensis
  • Brachydesmus pigmentatus
  • Brachydesmus polydesmoides
  • Brachydesmus proximus
  • Brachydesmus radewi
  • Brachydesmus reversus
  • Brachydesmus silvanus
  • Brachydesmus spinosus
  • Brachydesmus splitensis
  • Brachydesmus strasseri
  • Brachydesmus stygivagus
  • Brachydesmus styricus
  • Brachydesmus subterraneus
  • Brachydesmus superus
  • Brachydesmus talyschanus
  • Brachydesmus televensis
  • Brachydesmus tetevensis
  • Brachydesmus topali
  • Brachydesmus troglobius
  • Brachydesmus umbraticus
  • Brachydesmus velebiticus
  • Brachydesmus vermosanus
  • Brachydesmus yosemitensis

References

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  1. ↑ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015). "Diplopoda — Taxanomic Overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Vol. 2. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 403. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
  2. 1 2 3 Blower, J. Gordon (1985). Millipedes : keys and notes for the identification of the species. Linnean Society of London, Estuarine and Brackish-water Sciences Association. London: Published for the Linnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Brackish-Water Sciences Association by E.J. Brill. ISBN 90-04-07698-0. OCLC 13439686.
  3. 1 2 Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
  4. ↑ Mesibov, Robert. "External Anatomy of Polydesmida: Body plans". myriapodology.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ↑ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of Life
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