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Desmoxytes aurata Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018
1312583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1312583)
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Srisonchai R, Enghoff H, Likhitrakarn N & Panha S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>Zookeys.</em> (761): 1-177., available online at http://doi: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214
page(s): page 26, figs 9-14 [details]
page(s): page 26, figs 9-14 [details]
Holotype CUB CUMZ, geounit Thailand
Holotype CUB CUMZ, geounit Thailand [details]
Taxonomic remark Desmoxytes aurata sp. n. is morphologically similar to D. delfae and D. perakensis sp. n. in the remarkable orange...
Taxonomic remark Desmoxytes aurata sp. n. is morphologically similar to D. delfae and D. perakensis sp. n. in the remarkable orange colouration, as well as some morphological characters (except characters in diagnosis). These three species show allopatric distribution ranges, and the big mountain ranges known as the Nakhon Si Thammarat and Sunkala Khiri mountains possibly act as dispersal barriers [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Desmoxytes aurata Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha, 2018. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1312583 on 2024-04-18
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Srisonchai R, Enghoff H, Likhitrakarn N & Panha S. (2018). A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). <em>Zookeys.</em> (761): 1-177., available online at http://doi: 10.3897/zookeys.761.24214
page(s): page 26, figs 9-14 [details]
page(s): page 26, figs 9-14 [details]
Holotype CUB CUMZ, geounit Thailand [details]
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Habitat Known only from Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinces. All specimens were collected in limestone mountains (on the mainland and on two islands). We also surveyed other islands in Mo Ko Ang Thong National Marine Park, but found no specimens of D. aurata sp. n. The new species is probably distributed along the islands in the Gulf of Thailand and also on the mainland near the type locality. We regard it as endemic for Thailand. [details]Taxonomic remark Desmoxytes aurata sp. n. is morphologically similar to D. delfae and D. perakensis sp. n. in the remarkable orange colouration, as well as some morphological characters (except characters in diagnosis). These three species show allopatric distribution ranges, and the big mountain ranges known as the Nakhon Si Thammarat and Sunkala Khiri mountains possibly act as dispersal barriers [details]
