Glomeridesmidae, is a

millipede 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 ...

family of the order

Glomeridesmida Glomeridesmida is an order of millipedes in the infraclass Pentazonia containing 2 families and at least 31 species. Glomeridesmida is the only living order of the superorder Limacomorpha. Glomeridesmidans are small (less than ) and somewhat fl ...

. Adult females in this family have 36 pairs of legs and 21 segments, counting 20 tergites plus the anal shield. Male specimens in this family are rare and known for only a small number of species. Descriptions of mature males in at least three species (''Glomeridesmus spelaeus'', ''G. siamensis'', and ''G. marmoreus'') report 35 pairs of legs, including a pair of telopods, and 20 segments, one fewer than the 21 segments found in adult females. The description of an adult male of another species (''G. indus''), however, reports 37 pairs of legs, including a pair of telopods, and the same 21 segments normally found in adult females. The family includes 27 species belonging to one genus.

Genus

*'' Glomeridesmus''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4310107 Millipede families Glomeridesmida