Microsphaerotherium
Microsphaerotherium is a genus of pill millipedes in the family Arthrosphaeridae.[2][3] Only two species are currently known:
- Microsphaerotherium ivohibiense
- Microsphaerotherium anjozorobe
| Microsphaerotherium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Sphaerotheriida |
| Family: | Arthrosphaeridae |
| Genus: | Microsphaerotherium Wesener & VandenSpiegel, 2007[1] |
References
- Wesener, Thomas (2016). "The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida – An annotated species catalogue with morphological atlas and list of apomorphies (Arthropoda: diplopoda)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin – Supplementum. 63: 1–104.
- Wesener, Thomas; VandenSpiegel, Didier (2007). "Microsphaerotherium ivohibiense, a new genus and species of Giant-Pill Millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaerinae)". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 3: 153–160.
- Wesener, Thomas (May 11, 2009). "Unexplored richness: discovery of 31 new species of Giant Pill-Millipedes endemic to Madagascar, with a special emphasis on microendemism (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida)". Zootaxa. 2097 (1): 1–134. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2097.1.1.
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