Haeckel, 1881, emend. Riedel, 1967
Cephalis large, with several asymmetrical lobes (sometimes appearing as irregular bulges) (multilocular cephalis, left). Mostly two-segmented forms (cephalis and thorax), but sometimes with post-thoracic segments.
The following species of this family are treated in the present volume:
Acrobotrys spp.
Botryocephalina armata
Botryocyrtis scutum
Botryopyle dictyocephalus
Centrobotrys thermophila
Saccospyris antarctica