Brachydesmus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Diplopoda
- Order
- Polydesmida
- Family
- Polydesmidae
- Genus
- Brachydesmus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Brachydesmus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Brachydesmus
Brachydesmus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Polydesmidae. The Czech zoologist Camill Heller first described this genus to contain the type species B. subterraneus. This genus now includes about 75 described species.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthotarsius
- Antrochodus
- Archipolydesmus
- Benedictesmus
- Bhutanodesmus
- Bidentogon
- Brachydesmus
- Brembosoma
- Calianotus
- Cretodesmus
- Epanerchodus
- Eumastigonodesmus
- Goniodesmus
- Heterocookia
- Himalodesmus
- Huzichodus
- Jaxartes
- Kirgisdesmus
- Krenoerchodus
- Lophobrachydesmus
- Mastigonodesmus
- Mastuchus
- Niponchodus
- Nipponesmus
- Nomarchus
- Pacidesmus
- Perapolydesmus
- Polydesmus
- Prionomatis
- Propolydesmus
- Pseudomastuchus
- Pseudopolydesmus
- Retrorsia
- Retrorsioides
- Riuerchodus
- Rowlandesmus
- Sardodesmus
- Schedoleiodesmus
- Schizobrachydesmus
- Schizomeritius
- Schizoturanius
- Scytonotus
- Serradium
- Snoqualmia
- Soleurus
- Speodesmus
- Stygoerchodus
- Stylobrachydesmus
- Tolosanius
- Troglobrachydesmus
- Turanodesmus
- Uniramidesmus
- Usbekodesmus
- Utadesmus



























