Adesmata

Adesmata
Temporal range: [1]
Himantarium gabrielis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Suborder: Adesmata
Superfamilies

Adesmata is a suborder of centipedes within the order Geophilomorpha containing the superfamilies Geophiloidea and Himantarioidea.[2] This suborder contains 13 families. All members of this suborder have ventral defensive glands.[3]

  1. ^ "Clade Adesmata (centipede)". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ "Adesmata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ Undheim, Eivind A.B.; King, Glenn F. (March 2011). "On the venom system of centipedes (Chilopoda), a neglected group of venomous animals". Toxicon. 57 (4): 512–524. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.004. PMID 21255597.

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