original description
(of Polydesmus japonicus Carl, 1902) Carl, J. (1902). Exotische Polydesmiden. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 10: 563-679. Genève, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9477493
page(s): 614 [details]
basis of record
Verhoeff, K. W. (1940). Zur Kenntnis ostasiatischer Diplopoden V (Polydesmoidea). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 131(5-6): 129-145. Jena
page(s): 135; note: cited as "japonicus Verh." in a key without year; but the true authority for this name is Carl, 1902 [details]
redescription
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin
page(s): 143-144; note: fig. 206 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The name is valid, as Polydesmus carli Hollier et al, 2020 was erroenously proposed on the assumption that Polydesmus japonicus Carl, 1902 is preoccupated by P. japonicum Peters, 1864. (J. Spelda, pers. comm.) [details]