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MilliBase name details

Oxydesmus afer (Newport, 1844)

AphiaID

1029931 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1029931)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Coromus afer (Newport, 1844)

Rank

Species

Parent

Oxydesmus Humbert & De Saussure, 1869 accepted as Coromus Gervais, 1847

Original name

Polydesmus afer Newport, 1844

Environment

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

Original description

(of Polydesmus afer Newport, 1844) Newport, G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilognatha, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with description of a new genus and thirty-two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 263-270. London
page(s): 266 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Oxydesmus afer (Newport, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1029931 on 2025-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-08-24 09:16:51Z

created

Spelda, Jörg

2017-09-06 08:50:17Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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Sources (2)

original description (of Polydesmus afer Newport, 1844) Newport, G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilognatha, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with description of a new genus and thirty-two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 263-270. London
page(s): 266 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 442 [details]