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Plagiodesmus
Cook, 1896
Oxydesmus occidentalis
AphiaID
892335
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892335)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Arthropoda
(Phylum)
Myriapoda
(Subphylum)
Diplopoda
(Class)
Chilognatha
(Subclass)
Helminthomorpha
(Infraclass)
Eugnatha
(Subterclass)
Merocheta
(Superorder)
Polydesmida
(Order)
Leptodesmidea
(Suborder)
Xystodesmoidea
(Superfamily)
Oxydesmidae
(Family)
Plagiodesminae
(Subfamily)
Plagiodesmus
(Genus)
Status
accepted
Rank
Genus
Type taxon
Plagiodesmus obliquus
Cook, 1896
accepted as
Plagiodesmus occidentalis
(Karsch, 1881)
Parent
Plagiodesminae
Direct children (18)
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Species
Plagiodesmus brunneus
Attems, 1937
Species
Plagiodesmus oatypus
(Chamberlin, 1927)
Species
Plagiodesmus occidentalis
(Karsch, 1881)
Species
Plagiodesmus priolomus
Hoffman, 1981
Species
Plagiodesmus silvaticus
Attems, 1953
Species
Plagiodesmus tuberosus
(Attems, 1912)
Species
Plagiodesmus variabilis
Attems, 1937
Species
Plagiodesmus acutior
Chamberlin, 1927
accepted as
Plagiodesmus tuberosus antius
Chamberlin, 1927
Species
Plagiodesmus antius
Chamberlin, 1927
accepted as
Plagiodesmus tuberosus antius
Chamberlin, 1927
Species
Plagiodesmus brachydon
Chamberlin, 1927
accepted as
Plagiodesmus tuberosus antius
Chamberlin, 1927
Species
Plagiodesmus debilis
Attems, 1929
accepted as
Plagiodesmus oatypus
(Chamberlin, 1927)
Species
Plagiodesmus mammatus
Attems, 1931
accepted as
Scytodesmus valdaui
(Porat, 1893)
Species
Plagiodesmus medjensis
Chamberlin, 1927
accepted as
Plagiodesmus tuberosus antius
Chamberlin, 1927
Species
Plagiodesmus mimus
Chamberlin, 1927
accepted as
Plagiodesmus tuberosus antius
Chamberlin, 1927
Species
Plagiodesmus nanus
(Attems, 1927)
accepted as
Mimodesmus parallelus
Cook, 1895
Species
Plagiodesmus obliquus
Cook, 1896
accepted as
Plagiodesmus occidentalis
(Karsch, 1881)
Species
Plagiodesmus pallescens
Attems, 1953
accepted as
Plagiodesmus oatypus
(Chamberlin, 1927)
Species
Plagiodesmus pior
Chamberlin, 1951
accepted as
Plagiodesmus occidentalis
(Karsch, 1881)
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): 416
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase.
Plagiodesmus
Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjmv%27%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjmv;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892335 on 2026-04-09
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2016-12-20 08:40:13Z
created
Sierwald, Petra
2017-09-01 12:54:16Z
changed
Spelda, Jörg
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Attributes (3)
Images (4)
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): 416
[details]
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Oxydesmus occidentalis
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Oxydesmus occidentalis
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Plagiodesmus obliquus
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Plagiodesmus occidentalis
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