page_title: Platydesmida
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Platydesmida / Classification
caption_attribution_description: English: Unidentified platydesmid from Malaysia.
context_page_description: Platydesmida is an order of millipedes containing two families and over 60 species. Some species practice paternal care, in which males guard the eggs.
context_section_description: The order contains two families.
  Family Andrognathidae Cope, 1869
  Andrognathus
  Bazillozonium
  Brachycybe
  Corcyrozonium
  Dolistenus
  Fioria
  Gosodesmus
  Ischnocybe
  Mitocybe
  Pseudodesmus
  Sumatronium
  Symphyopleurium
  Trichozonium
  Yamasinaium
  Zinaceps
  Zinazonium
  Family Platydesmidae DeSaussure, 1860
  Desmethus
  Platydesmus
caption: Unidentified platydesmid from Malaysia
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