Kirkayakidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] This family was formerly known as Altajellidae.[2] Adult millipedes in this family have 28 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) rather than the 30 segments usually found in chordeumatidans.[3]
| Kirkayakidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Superfamily: | Neoatractosomatoidea |
| Family: | Kirkayakidae |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Altajellidae | |
Taxonomy
editThe family contains the following four genera:[1][4]
- Elongeuma Golovatch, 1982
- Kirkayakus Özdikmen, 2008
- Tarbagataya Golovatch & Wytwer, 2003
- Teleckophoron Gulička, 1972
This family was previously known as Altajellidae before genus Altajella was synonymised with Kirkayakus.[1][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d MilliBase. Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. (eds.). "Kirkayakidae Özdikmen, 2008". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "MilliBase - Altajellidae Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 2001". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
- ^ "Altajellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Özdikmen, H. (2008). "New family and genus names, Kirkayakidae nom. nov. and Kirkayakus nom. nov., for the millipedes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida)" (PDF). Munis Entomology and Zoology. 3 (1): 342–344.