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MilliBase taxon details
Heptadesmus Cook, 1902
893556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893556)
accepted
Genus
Scytodesmus connivens Cook, 1896 accepted as Heptadesmus connivens (Cook, 1896) (type by original designation)
Kamerunomus Verhoeff, 1938 · unaccepted (see different synonymy in Hoffman, 1980)
- Species Heptadesmus connivens (Cook, 1896)
- Species Heptadesmus granulatus (Verhoeff, 1938)
- Species Heptadesmus orator Hoffman, 1982
- Species Heptadesmus vibekeae Hoffman, 1990
masculine
Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
Type locality contained in Cameroon
type locality contained in Cameroon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Heptadesmus Cook, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893556 on 2025-04-27
Date
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original description
Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Kamerunomus Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Zur Kenntnis der Oxydesmiden. (Nach Objekten des Münchner Zoologischen Museums.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 124(7): 161-174. Leipzig
page(s): 172 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 160; note: Heptadesmus listed as a synonym under Scytodesmus [details]
status source Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 286; note: re-validated Heptadesmus [details]
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Kamerunomus Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Zur Kenntnis der Oxydesmiden. (Nach Objekten des Münchner Zoologischen Museums.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 124(7): 161-174. Leipzig
page(s): 172 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 160; note: Heptadesmus listed as a synonym under Scytodesmus [details]
status source Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 286; note: re-validated Heptadesmus [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
