Golovatchiidae is a family of
millipedes
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a resu ...
belonging to the order
Chordeumatida.
This family contains a single species, ''Golovatchia magda''.
This species ranges from 15 mm to 17 mm in length and is found in the Russian Far East.
Adult millipedes of this species have 30 segments (including the collum, the
telson
The telson () is the posterior-most division of the body of an arthropod. Depending on the definition, the telson is either considered to be the final segment of the arthropod body, or an additional division that is not a true segment on accou ...
, and the rings in between).
In the adult male of this species, the
gonopod complex involves three leg pairs (pairs 8 through 10) rather than just the two (pairs 8 and 9) that are usually modified into gonopods this order.
Genera:
* ''
Golovatchia''
Shear, 1992
References
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Chordeumatida