Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Myriapoda > Class Diplopoda > Subclass Chilognatha > Infraclass Helminthomorpha > Subterclass Eugnatha > Superorder Juliformia > Order Julida > Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

Nemasomatidae Bollman, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Blaniulidae auct. misapplied name

Children

Nemasoma C. L. Koch, 1847
Thalassisobates Verhoeff, 1908

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Norwegian: trådtusenbein sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: trådtusenbein sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: trådtusenbein sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: tråddubbelfotingar

Literature

original description

Bollman, C. H. (1893). The Myriapoda of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 46: 1-210. Washington

basis of record

Minelli, A. (2001). Chilopoda and Diplopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 323

additional source

Kato, T.; Nakano, T. (2023). Redescription of the Subterranean Millipede Antrokoreana gujoensis (Diplopoda: Julida: Nemasomatidae) from Central Honshu, Japan. Species Diversity. 28(1): 133-140.

additional source

McAlpine, D. F. (2019). Occurrence of the rare marine littoral millipede, Thalassisobates littoralis (Diplopoda: Nematosomatidae), in Canada. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 133(2): 136.

additional source

Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2017). Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy. 346: 1–299.

additional source

Kato, Taiga; Umemura, Shinya; Nakano, T. (2022). A new species of the subterranean millipede genus Antrokoreana Verhoeff, 1938 from the Nanatsuoguchi Mine, central Honshu, Japan, and insights into the phylogenetic position of Antrokoreana (Diplopoda, Julida, Nemasomatidae). Zootaxa, 5105 (4): 559-570

additional source

Enghoff, H. (1985). The milliped family Nemasomatidae. With description of a new genus, and a revision of Orinisobates (Diplopoda: Julida). Entomologica scandinavica, 15: 27-67. Kobenhavn

additional source

Enghoff, H. (2013). New montane, subterranean congeners of a littoral millipede, genusThalassisobates(Diplopoda: Julida: Nemasomatidae). Journal of Natural History. 47(23-24): 1613-1625.

additional source

Hoffman, R. L. (1964). Taxonomic notes on some American nemasomatid Diplopoda. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 89: 165-182

taxonomy source

Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill, Leiden; Boston. 482 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Nemasomatidae Bollman, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105479

Prof. Dr. Henrik Enghoff. Nemasomatidae Bollman, 1893. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9c8ae6c4-6510-4735-b745-a6c3c1dbb666

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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2024-04-20 by Prof. Dr. Henrik Enghoff & by Desmond Kime, Richard Enghoff, Henrik & by Derek Hennen

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