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MilliBase name details

Eurydesmus laxus Gerstäcker, 1873

AphiaID

941308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:941308)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Astrodesmus laxus (Gerstäcker, 1873)

Rank

Species

Parent

Eurydesmus De Saussure, 1860

Original name

Eurydesmus laxus Gerstäcker, 1873

Environment

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

Original description

Gerstäcker, A. (1873). Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. 1-542. Leipzig, Heidelberg
page(s): 518 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Eurydesmus laxus Gerstäcker, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjqf'%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjqf;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=941308 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-19 09:46:04Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2020-08-24 07:37:43Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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Sources (8)

original description Gerstäcker, A. (1873). Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. 1-542. Leipzig, Heidelberg
page(s): 518 [details]

additional source Brölemann, H. W. (1920). Diplopoda. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale : 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques, 49-298. Paris
page(s): 214 [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675
page(s): 267 [details]

additional source Moritz, M.; Fischer, S.-C. (1978). Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 4: Polydesmida. Teil 5: Ergänzungen. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 99-160. Berlin
page(s): 120 [details]

additional source Manfredi, P. (1936). Miriapodi della Somalia Italiana. Diplopodi. Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali, e del Museo civile di storia naturale, 75: 243-262. Milano
page(s): 243 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (2005). Monograph of the Gomphodesmidae, a family of African polydesmoid millipeds. Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, 1-537
page(s): 324; 328 [details]

new combination reference Cook, O. F. (1899). African Diplopoda of the family Gomphodesmidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1170): 677-739. Washington
page(s): 731; note: Astrodesmus laxus [details]

new combination reference Cook, O. F. (1896). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 18: 81-111. Washington, DC.
page(s): 90; note: Aulodesmus laxus [details]