[1] In 2014, a phylogenetic analysis based on morphological and molecular data found this family to be paraphyletic with respect to the families Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae,[2] which authorities now deem to be junior synonyms for Gonibregmatidae.
[4] The minimum number of legs recorded in this family (57 pairs) appears in the species Himantosoma porosum.
[5][6] This family includes the species Gonibregmatus plurimipes, which can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in the class Chilopoda.
[7] Centipedes in this family are found in Madagascar, India, southeast Asia, and Australasia, and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Species from the families Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae are found in Central America and Mexico.