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MilliBase name details

Hercodesmus Cook, 1896

AphiaID

891724 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891724)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Udodesmus Cook, 1896

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Hercodesmus aureus Cook, 1896 accepted as Udodesmus aureus (Cook, 1896) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896

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Species Hercodesmus aureus Cook, 1896 accepted as Udodesmus aureus (Cook, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Hercodesmus caudatus Silvestri, 1927 accepted as Udodesmus caudatus (Silvestri, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Hercodesmus subaureus Mauriès & Maurin, 1981 accepted as Udodesmus subaureus (Mauriès & Maurin, 1981) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Cook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41431949, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/276402
page(s): 419 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Hercodesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891724 on 2026-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2025-12-08 01:04:39Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (2)

original description Cook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41431949, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/276402
page(s): 419 [details]

source of synonymy Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; VandenSpiegel, Didier. (2014). Notes on Afrotropical Pyrgodesmidae, 1 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 23 (4): 319-335., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/23/23_4_319_335_Golovatch_VandenSpiegel_for_Inet.pdf
page(s): 330 [details] Available for editors