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Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907
891348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891348)
accepted
Genus
Cryptocorypha stylopus Attems, 1907 (type by monotypy)
Afrocorypha Loksa, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Archandrodesmus Carl, 1932 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Carlodesmus Verhoeff, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ceyloncarlia Verhoeff, 1939 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cryptomauritius Verhoeff, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platykapelus Attems, 1938 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Procoptodesmus Brölemann, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sisyrodesmus Attems, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Cryptocorypha areata (Carl, 1932)
- Species Cryptocorypha bicolorata Golovatch, 2019
- Species Cryptocorypha bocal Golovatch, Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, 2017
- Species Cryptocorypha chernovi Golovatch, Geoffroy & VandenSpiegel, 2013
- Species Cryptocorypha coalita (Attems, 1953)
- Species Cryptocorypha diffusa (Brolemann, 1920)
- Species Cryptocorypha dimorpha Golovatch, Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, 2017
- Species Cryptocorypha enghoffi Likhitrakarn, Golovatch, Srisonchai, Sutcharit & Panha, 2019
- Species Cryptocorypha fungifer (Attems, 1953)
- Species Cryptocorypha girafficeps (Attems, 1912)
- Species Cryptocorypha hoffmani Golovatch, Semenyuk, Vanden Spiegel & Anichkin, 2011
- Species Cryptocorypha jaegeri Golovatch, 2019
- Species Cryptocorypha japonica (Miyosi, 1957)
- Species Cryptocorypha kandyana (Carl, 1932)
- Species Cryptocorypha kumamotensis (Murakami, 1966)
- Species Cryptocorypha leia Chamberlin, 1945
- Species Cryptocorypha monomorpha Golovatch, Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, 2017
- Species Cryptocorypha nympha Loksa, 1967
- Species Cryptocorypha ornata (Attems, 1938)
- Species Cryptocorypha perplexa Golovatch & VandenSpiegel, 2015
- Species Cryptocorypha riparia (Carl, 1932)
- Species Cryptocorypha spinicoronata (Zhang & Li, 1981)
- Species Cryptocorypha stylopus Attems, 1907
- Species Cryptocorypha tobana Chamberlin, 1945
- Species Cryptocorypha tuberculata (Carl, 1932)
- Species Cryptocorypha leleupi Golovatch, Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, 2017 accepted as Cryptocorypha fungifer (Attems, 1953) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cryptocorypha napoleonis Attems, 1908 accepted as Aporodesminus wallacei Silvestri, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
feminine
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1907). Javanische Myriopoden, gesammelt von Direktor K. Kraepelin im Jahre 1903. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 24: 77-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10278476
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Type locality contained in Africa
type locality contained in Africa [details]
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. Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByName/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891348 on 2026-09-18
original description
Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1907). Javanische Myriopoden, gesammelt von Direktor K. Kraepelin im Jahre 1903. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg.</em> 24: 77-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10278476
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Sisyrodesmus Attems, 1912) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1912). Myriopoden. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band IV, Zoologie, 4: 297-324. Leipzig, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965153
page(s): 304 [details]
original description (of Platykapelus Attems, 1938) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriopoden von Hawai. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, ser. B, 108(2): 365-387, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1938.tb00030.x
page(s): 378 [details]
original description (of Procoptodesmus Brölemann, 1920) Brölemann, H. W. (1920). Diplopoda. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale : 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques, 49-298. Paris
page(s): 231 [details]
original description (of Archandrodesmus Carl, 1932) Carl, J. (1932). Zoologische Forschungen in Süd-Indien (Winter 1926/27). Diplopoden aus Süd-Indien und Ceylon. 1. Teil. Polydesmoidea. Revue suisse de zoologie, 39(17): 411-529. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.118948
page(s): 490 [details]
original description (of Afrocorypha Loksa, 1967) Loksa, I. (1967). The scientific results of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expedition to the Brazzaville-Congo. 32. Diplopoden, I. Opuscula zoologica, Budapest, 7(2): 205-220. Budapest
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Carlodesmus Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Diplopoden der Insel Mauritius und ihre zoogeographische Bedeutung. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 37-96. Jena
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Cryptomauritius Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Diplopoden der Insel Mauritius und ihre zoogeographische Bedeutung. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 37-96. Jena
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Ceyloncarlia Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Diplopoden der Insel Mauritius und ihre zoogeographische Bedeutung. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 37-96. Jena
page(s): 63 [details]
additional source Golovatch, S. I. (2019). The millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 revisited, with descriptions of two new Oriental species (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 28(2): 179–190., available online at http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/28/28_2_179_190_Golovatch_for_Inet.pdf [details]
additional source Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques; VandenSpiegel, Didier. (2013). A new species of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907, from Vanuata, Melanesie, southwestern Pacific (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 22 (4): 333-337, available online at https://www.kmkjournals.com/upload/pdf/arthropodaselecta/22/22_4%20333_337%20golovatch%20cryptocorypha%20for%20inet.pdf [details]
additional source Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard; VandenSpiegel, Didier. (2017). Notes on Afrotropical Pyrgodesmidae, 3 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Arthropoda Selecta, 26 (3): 175-215, available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.26.3.01 [details]
additional source Likhitrakarn, N.; Golovatch, S. I.; Srisonchai, R.; Sutcharit, C.; Panha, S. (2019). A new species of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907, from northern Thailand (Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 833: 121-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.833.32413
page(s): 124 [details]
identification resource Andrew, L.; Snyder, B.A.; VanOtteren, E.G. (2024). First report of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 in the Americas (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 1096: 1-6., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1604/ [details] Available for editors
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Sisyrodesmus Attems, 1912) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1912). Myriopoden. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band IV, Zoologie, 4: 297-324. Leipzig, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965153
page(s): 304 [details]
original description (of Platykapelus Attems, 1938) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriopoden von Hawai. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, ser. B, 108(2): 365-387, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1938.tb00030.x
page(s): 378 [details]
original description (of Procoptodesmus Brölemann, 1920) Brölemann, H. W. (1920). Diplopoda. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale : 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques, 49-298. Paris
page(s): 231 [details]
original description (of Archandrodesmus Carl, 1932) Carl, J. (1932). Zoologische Forschungen in Süd-Indien (Winter 1926/27). Diplopoden aus Süd-Indien und Ceylon. 1. Teil. Polydesmoidea. Revue suisse de zoologie, 39(17): 411-529. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.118948
page(s): 490 [details]
original description (of Afrocorypha Loksa, 1967) Loksa, I. (1967). The scientific results of the Hungarian Soil Zoological Expedition to the Brazzaville-Congo. 32. Diplopoden, I. Opuscula zoologica, Budapest, 7(2): 205-220. Budapest
page(s): 218 [details]
original description (of Carlodesmus Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Diplopoden der Insel Mauritius und ihre zoogeographische Bedeutung. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 37-96. Jena
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Cryptomauritius Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Diplopoden der Insel Mauritius und ihre zoogeographische Bedeutung. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 37-96. Jena
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Ceyloncarlia Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Diplopoden der Insel Mauritius und ihre zoogeographische Bedeutung. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften, 73: 37-96. Jena
page(s): 63 [details]
additional source Golovatch, S. I. (2019). The millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 revisited, with descriptions of two new Oriental species (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 28(2): 179–190., available online at http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/28/28_2_179_190_Golovatch_for_Inet.pdf [details]
additional source Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques; VandenSpiegel, Didier. (2013). A new species of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907, from Vanuata, Melanesie, southwestern Pacific (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 22 (4): 333-337, available online at https://www.kmkjournals.com/upload/pdf/arthropodaselecta/22/22_4%20333_337%20golovatch%20cryptocorypha%20for%20inet.pdf [details]
additional source Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard; VandenSpiegel, Didier. (2017). Notes on Afrotropical Pyrgodesmidae, 3 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Arthropoda Selecta, 26 (3): 175-215, available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.26.3.01 [details]
additional source Likhitrakarn, N.; Golovatch, S. I.; Srisonchai, R.; Sutcharit, C.; Panha, S. (2019). A new species of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907, from northern Thailand (Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 833: 121-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.833.32413
page(s): 124 [details]
identification resource Andrew, L.; Snyder, B.A.; VanOtteren, E.G. (2024). First report of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 in the Americas (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 1096: 1-6., available online at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1604/ [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis The genus is characterized within Pyrgodesmidae by an unusually flat body with 19 or 20 segments (either in both sexes or 19 solely in the male) and only a slightly convex dorsum, coupled with 6+6 faint lobulations or 11 radii at a regularly rounded anterior margin of a flabellate collum that fully covers the head from above; usually three or four (rarely five) more distinct lobulations at the lateral margins of poreless and pore-bearing paraterga, respectively; a normal pore formula (5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15–18(19)) with the ozopores not borne on porosteles, but opening flush on the dorsal surface at the base of the penultimate lobulation; the absence of anterior and the presence of only very few (1–2) caudal lobulations; the development of 2–3 transverse, often irregular rows of small and non-differentiated knobs/tuberculations on each postcollum metatergum; and a dorsally fully exposed epiproct. The last tibia in the male or even in both sexes is often, but not always, with a conspicuous, long, setigerous, apicodorsal cylinder (= trichostele). The gonopods are with relatively small coxae and a shallow gonocoel that leaves the telopodites very strongly exposed and in situ held (sub)parallel to each other; each telopodite is 2-, 3- or 4-partite, with a strongly developed, slender, often fimbriate, mesal solenomere branch (usually the longest) and a typically sac-shaped velum at its base, sometimes also with 1–2 adjacent processes (exo- and/or endomere, depending on position) (Golovatch et al. 2017). [details]
