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Gigaxytes Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
1328226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1328226)
accepted
Genus
Srisonchai, R.; Enghoff, H.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Panha, S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes III: the new genus Gigaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (463)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.463
page(s): p.3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): p.3 [details] Available for editors
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Gigaxytes Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1328226 on 2024-12-21
original description
Srisonchai, R.; Enghoff, H.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Panha, S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes III: the new genus Gigaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (463)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.463
page(s): p.3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): p.3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis The genus Gigaxytes is characterized by:1. Paraterga subspiniform, long.
2. Metaterga with three regular rows of tubercles/cones/spines.
3. Metaterga 2–17 with a long caudolateral spine on each side.
4. Male femora 5, 6 or 5, 6, 7 with an apophysis (except. G. gigas comb. nov. without apophyses).
5. Postfemur of gonopod absent (mesal and lateral sulci poorly developed).
6. Lamina lateralis (ll) indistinctly demarcated from lamina medialis (lm).
7. Lamina lateralis (ll) larger and longer than lamina medialis (lm). [details]
