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MilliBase name details

Polydesmus elegans Gray, 1832

AphiaID

949204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:949204)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Priodesmus elegans (Gray, 1832) accepted as Stenonia elegans (Gray, 1832)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polydesmus Latreille, 1802

Original name

Polydesmus elegans Gray, 1832

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1832). The myriapods. <i>In</i>: Griffith: Animal Kingdom. II. Pl. 135. London.
page(s): pl 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Polydesmus elegans Gray, 1832. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=949204 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 08:16:02Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (7)

original description Gray, J.E. (1832). The myriapods. <i>In</i>: Griffith: Animal Kingdom. II. Pl. 135. London.
page(s): pl 13 [details]

additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1963). Diplopoda of Guiana (1-5). Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4: 1-157. The Hague
page(s): 8; note: citation of species name [details]

additional source Brandt, J. F. (1839). Note relative a la classification des espèces qui composent le genre Polydesmus, et suivie d' une charactéristique de dix espèces nouvelles, ainsi que de quelques remarques sur la distribution géografique des espèces en général. Bulletin Scientifique publié par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, 5(20): 307-315. St. Petersburg, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11946765
page(s): 309 [details]

additional source Gervais, P. (1847). Myriapodes. In: Walckenaer, Hist. natur. des Insectes. Aptères IV, 4: 1-623. Paris, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32961491
page(s): 114 [details]

additional source Brandt, J. F. (1841). Recueil de mémoires relatifs a l'ordre des Insectes Myriapodes, et lus à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. 1-189. St. Petersburg
page(s): 129 [details]

new combination reference Jeekel, C. A. W. (1963). Diplopoda of Guiana (1-5). Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4: 1-157. The Hague
page(s): 113; note: Priodesmus elegans [details]

new combination reference Hoffman, R. L. (1977). Chelodesmid studies. X. A synopsis of the tribe Priodesmini (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Revue suisse de zoologie, 84(2): 349-359. Genève
page(s): 353; note: Stenonia elegans [details]