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Cnemodesmus Cook, 1896

Paradesmus thysanopus

AphiaID

891300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891300)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Paradesmus thysanopus Cook & Collins, 1893 accepted as Cnemodesmus thysanopus (Cook & Collins, 1893) (type by original designation)

Type taxon of

Cnemodesmini Jeekel, 1968

Parent

Cnemodesmini Jeekel, 1968

Synonymised names

Dysthymus Attems, 1929 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Lundacus Chamberlin, 1951 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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Species Cnemodesmus alatipes (Lawrence, 1953)
Species Cnemodesmus aloysiisabaudiae (Silvestri, 1907)
Species Cnemodesmus atopus (Chamberlin, 1951)
Species Cnemodesmus brunneus (Attems, 1929)
Species Cnemodesmus calundensis Kraus, 1958
Species Cnemodesmus cavicolus Kraus, 1958
Species Cnemodesmus riparius Shelley & Crawford, 1996
Species Cnemodesmus thysanopus (Cook & Collins, 1893)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Cook, O. F. (1896). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 18: 81-111. Washington, DC., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733071
page(s): 97 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Cnemodesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordByAphiaID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891300 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

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Spelda, Jörg

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original description Cook, O. F. (1896). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 18: 81-111. Washington, DC., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733071
page(s): 97 [details]

original description (of Dysthymus Attems, 1929) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1929). Diplopoden des Belgischen Congo. I. Polydesmoidea. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 17(3): 253-378. Ostende
page(s): 276 [details]

original description (of Lundacus Chamberlin, 1951) Chamberlin, R. V. (1951). On Diplopoda of North-East Angola. Publicações culturais da Companhia de diamantes de Angola, 10: 65-93. Lisboa
page(s): 69 [details]

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Paradesmus thysanopus

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