Caseyidae is a family of millipedes in the order
Chordeumatida
Chordeumatida (from the Greek word for "sausage") is a large order of millipedes containing more than 1,400 species. Also known as sausage millipedes, they are found nearly worldwide. Chordeumatida is the largest order in the superorder Nemato ...
. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the
telson
The telson () is the hindmost division of the body of an arthropod. Depending on the definition, the telson is either considered to be the final segment (biology), segment of the arthropod body, or an additional division that is not a true segm ...
as the last).
There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae.
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Genera
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Caseya''
Cook & Collins, 1895
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Metopiona''
Gardner & Shelley, 1989
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Ochrogramma''
Gardner & Shelley, 1989
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Opiona''
Chamberlin, 1951
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Speoseya''
Causey, 1954
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Underwoodia''
Cook & Collins, 1895
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Vasingtona''
Chamberlin, 1941
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Chordeumatida
Millipede families
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