Kirkayakidae
Family of millipedes
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Superfamily: | Neoatractosomatoidea |
| Family: | Kirkayakidae |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Altajellidae | |