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MilliBase name details

Oligaspis Wood, 1865

AphiaID

893725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893725)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted Name

Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Oligaspis puncticeps Wood, 1865 accepted as Sphaerotherium puncticeps (Wood, 1865) accepted as Sphaerotherium rotundatum Brandt, 1833 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833

Direct children (1)
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Species Oligaspis puncticeps Wood, 1865 accepted as Sphaerotherium puncticeps (Wood, 1865) accepted as Sphaerotherium rotundatum Brandt, 1833

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Wood, H. C. (1865). New Polyzoniidae, Gervais. Proceedings of the Academy of natural Science of Philadelphia, 1865: 172-173
page(s): 173 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. (2021). MilliBase. Oligaspis Wood, 1865. Accessed at: http://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893725 on 2023-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-21 12:20:58Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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Sources (4)

original description Wood, H. C. (1865). New Polyzoniidae, Gervais. Proceedings of the Academy of natural Science of Philadelphia, 1865: 172-173
page(s): 173 [details]

basis of record Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 62 [details]

additional source Wesener, T. (2016). The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida – An annotated species catalogue with morphological atlas and list of apomorphies. <em>Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum.</em> 63: 1-107.
page(s): 8 [details]

source of synonymy VandenSpiegel, D.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hamer, M. L. (2002). Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae),with new synonymies. African Invertebrates, 143-181. Pietermaritzburg
page(s): 145 [details]