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Apoxenus Chamberlin, 1947

AphiaID

891011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891011)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Apoxenus micronesius Chamberlin, 1947 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840

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Species Apoxenus micronesius Chamberlin, 1947
Species Apoxenus floricolens Chamberlin, 1947 accepted as Apoxenus micronesius Chamberlin, 1947 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Chamberlin, R. V. (1947). On some millipeds from Micronesia. Entomological News. 58(2), 41-47.
page(s): 46 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Apoxenus Chamberlin, 1947. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjmv'%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjmv%3B9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891011 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2024-07-14 17:14:16Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (4)

original description Chamberlin, R. V. (1947). On some millipeds from Micronesia. Entomological News. 58(2), 41-47.
page(s): 46 [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): 1; note: the by Chamberlin designated type species Apoxenus floricolens, new species, was never described. "The specific name floricolens is a nomen nudum, probably a manuscript name for ...

the by Chamberlin designated type species Apoxenus floricolens, new species, was never described. "The specific name floricolens is a nomen nudum, probably a manuscript name for microenesius."

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taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 55; note: Polyxenida of uncertain status or family position [details]

additional source Short, M.; Vahtera, V. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships of millipedes in the subclass Penicillata (Diplopoda) with a key to the genera. Journal of Natural History. 51(41-42): 2443-2461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1380241
page(s): 2458; note: Listed as uncertain subfamily within Polyxenidae [details]