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Siphonocryptida
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Siphonocryptida

Siphonocryptida is an order of millipedes, comprising the sole family Siphonocryptidae. With only seven described species, the Siphonocryptida is the second smallest millipede order, surpassed only by Siphoniulida, with two species. A 2026 paper found the order to be nested inside Polyzoniida.

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Siphonocryptidae

familySiphonocryptidae

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