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Dobrodesmus Shear, Ferreira & Iniesta, 2016
1829440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1829440)
accepted
Genus
Dobrodesmus mirabilis Shear, Ferreira & Iniesta, 2016 (type by original designation)
Shear, W. A.; Ferreira, R. L.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Marek, P. (2016). A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan <br />millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4178(3)., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4178.3.4
page(s): 372 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 372 [details] Available for editors
Etymology The genus name comes from the Portuguese word for “double” with the combining stem “-desmus,” meaning band,...
Etymology The genus name comes from the Portuguese word for “double” with the combining stem “-desmus,” meaning band, commonly used in generic names in this order of millipedes, and refers to the doubled number of trunk rings in the type species. [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Dobrodesmus Shear, Ferreira & Iniesta, 2016. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1829440 on 2025-09-15
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Shear, W. A.; Ferreira, R. L.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Marek, P. (2016). A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan <br />millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4178(3)., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4178.3.4
page(s): 372 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 372 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The genus name comes from the Portuguese word for “double” with the combining stem “-desmus,” meaning band, commonly used in generic names in this order of millipedes, and refers to the doubled number of trunk rings in the type species. [details]
