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Traits name details

Pollyxenidae Lucas, 1840

AphiaID

1005448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1005448)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840

Rank

Family

Parent

Polyxenoidea Lucas, 1840

Environment

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

Original description

Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. P. Duménil, Paris. 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Pollyxenidae Lucas, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005448 on 2025-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pollyxenidae Lucas, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005448 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-28 07:56:18Z

created

Spelda, Jörg

2024-07-14 17:14:16Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

Sources (4)

original description Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. P. Duménil, Paris. 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518 [details]

taxonomy source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 4; note: see discussion, see I.C.Z.N. Opinion 905 [details]

taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 54; note: spells Polyxenidae with single 'l', as valid family name; refers to Gray & Jones, 1843 as nomen correctum [details]

taxonomy source I.C.Z.N. (1970). Opinion 905: Polyxenus Latreille [1802-1803]: Valdidation of Emendation from Pollyxenus. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 27: 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12224197
page(s): 6; note: Polyxenidae is the approved spelling of the family-group name [details]