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MilliBase name details

Sphenodesmus caffrarius (Porat, 1872)

AphiaID

945727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:945727)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Ulodesmus caffrarius (Porat, 1872)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sphenodesmus Cook, 1896

Original name

Eurydesmus caffrarius Porat, 1872

Environment

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

Original description

(of Eurydesmus caffrarius Porat, 1872) Porat, C. O. von (1872). Myriapoda Africae australis, in museo regio Holmiensi asservata, recensuit. Pars II. Diplopoda. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, 29(5): 3-46. Stockholm, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59627897
page(s): 12 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Sphenodesmus caffrarius (Porat, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=945727 on 2025-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

2022-12-30 21:31:14Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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Sources (2)

original description (of Eurydesmus caffrarius Porat, 1872) Porat, C. O. von (1872). Myriapoda Africae australis, in museo regio Holmiensi asservata, recensuit. Pars II. Diplopoda. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, 29(5): 3-46. Stockholm, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59627897
page(s): 12 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (2005). Monograph of the Gomphodesmidae, a family of African polydesmoid millipeds. Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, 1-537
page(s): 396 [details]