| 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 | |
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Altajellidae | |
Kirkayakidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family was formerly known as Altajellidae. 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.
Taxonomy
The family contains the following four genera:
- 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.
References
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Altajellidae | |