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MilliBase name details

Metaphoricus parallelus (Cook, 1896)

AphiaID

1029915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1029915)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Mimodesmus parallelus Cook, 1895

Rank

Species

Parent

Metaphoricus Attems, 1909 accepted as Lyodesmus Cook, 1896

Original name

Mimodesmus parallelus Cook, 1895

Environment

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

Original description

(of Mimodesmus parallelus Cook, 1895) 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733071
page(s): 99 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Metaphoricus parallelus (Cook, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1029915 on 2026-03-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-08-24 09:16:51Z

created

Spelda, Jörg

2017-09-06 08:50:17Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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Sources (2)

original description (of Mimodesmus parallelus Cook, 1895) 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733071
page(s): 99 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 67 [details]