Zoosphaerium

Genus of myriapods

Zoosphaerium
A giant pill millipede in the genus Zoosphaerium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Sphaerotheriida
Family: Arthrosphaeridae
Genus: Zoosphaerium
Pocock, 1895

Zoosphaerium is a genus of giant pill millipedes endemic to Madagascar. Some species within this genus express island gigantism.[1] The largest of the known species of giant pill millipede known is Zoosphaerium neptunus,[2] which is capable of growing to lengths of 90 mm (3.5 in).

Distribution and habitat

Zoosphaerium is restricted to the island of Madagascar.[3] Madagascar is a hotspot for biodiversity and localized endemism, as a result some species occur sympatrically as microendemics.[4] Species within the genus Zoosphaerium can be found living amongst damp leaf litter in forest and jungle habitats.[4]

Species list

Below is a list of all 74 known species:[5]

  • Zoosphaerium actaeon (White, 1859)
  • Zoosphaerium album Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium alluaudi (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
  • Zoosphaerium amabile Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium ambatovaky Wesener & Sagorny, 2021
  • Zoosphaerium ambrense Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium analavelona Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium anale (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
  • Zoosphaerium anomalum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
  • Zoosphaerium arborealis Wesener & Sierwald, 2005
  • Zoosphaerium aureum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium bambusoides Wesener & Bespalova, 2010
  • Zoosphaerium bemanevika Sagorny & Wesener, 2017
  • Zoosphaerium bilobum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium blandum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
  • Zoosphaerium broelemanni Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium campanulatum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
  • Zoosphaerium coquerelianum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
  • Zoosphaerium corystoides Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium crassum (Butler, 1878)
  • Zoosphaerium darthvaderi Wesener & Bespalova, 2010
  • Zoosphaerium denticulatum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium discolor Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium elegans (Lenz, 1881)
  • Zoosphaerium endemicum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium fisheri Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium fraternarium Jeekel, 1999
  • Zoosphaerium glabrum (Butler, 1873)
  • Zoosphaerium haackeri Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium heleios Wesener & Bespalova, 2010
  • Zoosphaerium hippocastanum (Gervais, 1847)
  • Zoosphaerium ignotum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium immane (Karsch, 1881)
  • Zoosphaerium isalo Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium lambertoni (Brolemann, 1922)
  • Zoosphaerium lamprinum (Butler, 1878)
  • Zoosphaerium latum (Butler, 1872)
  • Zoosphaerium libidinosum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
  • Zoosphaerium masoala Wesener & Sagorny, 2021
  • Zoosphaerium micropilligerum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium minutus Sagorny & Wesener, 2017
  • Zoosphaerium mitoho Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium muscorum Wesener & Bespalova, 2010
  • Zoosphaerium neptunus (Butler, 1872)
  • Zoosphaerium nigrum Wesener & Sagorny, 2021
  • Zoosphaerium piligerum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
  • Zoosphaerium platylabum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
  • Zoosphaerium priapus (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
  • Zoosphaerium pseudoblandum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium pseudopiligerum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium pseudopriapus Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium pulchellum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium pygidiale (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
  • Zoosphaerium reflexum (Brolemann, 1922)
  • Zoosphaerium reticulatum (Butler, 1878)
  • Zoosphaerium sakanum (Attems, 1910)
  • Zoosphaerium silens Wesener & Sagorny, 2021
  • Zoosphaerium smaragdinum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium solitarium Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium spinopiligerum Wesener & Sagorny, 2021
  • Zoosphaerium stigmaticum (Butler, 1873)
  • Zoosphaerium subreflexum Jeekel, 1999
  • Zoosphaerium tainkintana Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium tampolo Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium testaceum (Olivier, 1792)
  • Zoosphaerium tigrioculatum Wesener & Bespalova, 2010
  • Zoosphaerium trichordum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium tsingy Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2005
  • Zoosphaerium viridissimum Wesener, 2009
  • Zoosphaerium voahangy Wesener & Sagorny, 2021
  • Zoosphaerium voeltzkowianum (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901)
  • Zoosphaerium xerophilum Wesener, 2009

References

  1. ^ Acton, Q. Ashton (2012). Issues in Life Sciences: Molecular Biology: (2011 ed.). ScholarlyEditions. p. 2906. ISBN 9781464963483.
  2. ^ Wesener, Thomas; Bespalova, Loulia; Sierwald, Petra (2010-05-01). "Madagascar's Living Giants: Discovery of Five New Species of Endemic Giant Pill-Millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae: Zoosphaerium)". BioOne. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  3. ^ Bhat, Tariq Ahmad (2021). Mutagenesis, Cytotoxicity and Crop Improvement - Revolutionizing Food Science. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 482. ISBN 9781527564381.
  4. ^ a b Sagorny, Christina; Wesener, Thomas (2017-05-09). "Two new giant pill-millipede species of the genus Zoosphaerium endemic to the Bemanevika area in northern Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)". Europe PubMed Central. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.4. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  5. ^ "Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895". millibase.org. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

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Taxon identifiers
Zoosphaerium