Synxenidae

Synxenidae
	Phryssonotus brevicapensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyxenida
Superfamily:	Synxenoidea; Silvestri, 1923
Family:	Synxenidae; Silvestri, 1923
Genera
	Condexenus; Phryssonotus; Schindalmonotus;

Synxenidae is a family of bristly millipedes (Polyxenida). Three genera and around 10 species are known. Synxenids possess 15 or 17 pairs of legs, with the last two pair modified for small jumps.[1]

References

Condé, Bruno; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique (2008). "Classification actuelle des diplopodes pénicillates (myriapodes) avec nouvelles définitions des taxa" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 133 (4): 291–302.

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[1] Condé, Bruno; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique (2008). "Classification actuelle des diplopodes pénicillates (myriapodes) avec nouvelles définitions des taxa" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France. 133 (4): 291–302.