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Phractodesmus Cook, 1896

AphiaID

893812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893812)

Classification

Status

uncertain

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Polydesmus subvittatus Peters, 1864 accepted as Phractodesmus subvittatus (Peters, 1864) (type by original designation)

Parent

Platyrhacini Pocock, 1895

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Species Phractodesmus ridleyi Pocock, 1897 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Phractodesmus subvittatus (Peters, 1864) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda). 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Phractodesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893812 on 2025-01-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-21 12:20:58Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2021-09-01 17:12:19Z

changed

Decker, Peter

2021-12-13 11:01:46Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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Sources (3)

original description Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda). 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 1 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 163; note: junior subjective synonym of Platyrhacus [details]

status source Jeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Myriapod memoranda. 10: 49-101.
page(s): 87; note: genera incertae sedis. The main character of Phractodesmus, of which Polydesmus subvittatus was made the type, is the strong development of the sternal spines, which in itself seems not important enou...

genera incertae sedis. The main character of Phractodesmus, of which Polydesmus subvittatus was made the type, is the strong development of the sternal spines, which in itself seems not important enough for generic distinctness.

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