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Archispirostreptus gigas (Peters, 1855)
947329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:947329)
accepted
Species
Aethiopistreptus attemsi Verhoeff, 1938 · unaccepted
Aethiopistreptus attemsii Verhoeff, 1938 · unaccepted
Graphidostreptus gigas (Peters, 1855) · unaccepted
Graphidostreptus msalaensis (Kraus, 1958) · unaccepted
Spirostreptus gigas Peters, 1855 · unaccepted
Spirostreptus msalaensis Kraus, 1958 · unaccepted
Spirostreptus opistheurys Attems, 1896 · unaccepted
Spirostreptus plumaceus Voges, 1878 · unaccepted
Spirostreptus procerus Gerstäcker, 1873 · unaccepted
Spirostreptus semicylindricus Voges, 1878 · unaccepted
(of Spirostreptus gigas Peters, 1855) Peters, W. C. H. (1855). Über die Myriapoden im allgemeinen und insbesondere über die in Mossambique beobachteten Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 14: 75-85. Berlin
page(s): 75 [details]
page(s): 75 [details]
Type locality contained in Mozambique
type locality contained in Mozambique [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Archispirostreptus gigas (Peters, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=947329 on 2025-01-22
original description
(of Aethiopistreptus attemsii Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Über Chorizognathen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in München. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 124(11-12): 303-320. Leipzig
page(s): 310 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus plumaceus Voges, 1878) Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus semicylindricus Voges, 1878) Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus procerus Gerstäcker, 1873) Gerstäcker, A. (1873). Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. 1-542. Leipzig, Heidelberg
page(s): 508 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus opistheurys Attems, 1896) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1896). Beschreibung der von Dr. Stuhlmann in Ost-Afrika gesammelten Myriopoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 13: 21-42, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29521397
page(s): 35-37 [details]
original description (of Graphidostreptus msalaensis (Kraus, 1958)) Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus gigas Peters, 1855) Peters, W. C. H. (1855). Über die Myriapoden im allgemeinen und insbesondere über die in Mossambique beobachteten Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 14: 75-85. Berlin
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus msalaensis Kraus, 1958) Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Krabbe, E. (1982). Systematik der Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha). Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (N.F.), 24: 1-476. Hamburg
page(s): 36-40, 54, 64, 88, 90, 91, 268-270, figs. 12-18, 60-71, 104-111, 191 [details]
additional source Hamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82
page(s): 45, 46 [details]
additional source Mwabvu, T., Hamer, M., Slotow, R., & Barraclough, D. (2010). A revision of the taxonomy and distribution of Archispirostreptus Silvestri 1895 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), and description of a new spirostreptid genus with three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2567, 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2567.1.1
page(s): 13-18 [details]
additional source Enghoff, H.; Hoffman, R. L.; Howell, K. M. (2016). Checklist of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 105 (1): 51–113., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/028.105.0103
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Mwabvu, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). Spirostreptid Millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of the Taita Hills, Kenya, Including Descriptions of Three New Species. <em>In: Roble, S. M.; Mitchell, J. C. (eds.). 2009. A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman 's 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural Hi story Special Publication No. 16, Martinsville, VA.</em> Pp. 195-207.
page(s): 196, 198, 199, 205, 206, fig. 3 [details]
additional source Šustr, V.; Tajovský, K.; Semanová, S.; Chroňáková, A.; Šimek, M. (2013). The giant African millipede, Archispirostreptus gigas (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida), a model species for ecophysiological studies. <em>Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae.</em> 77 (2): 145-158., available online at http://zoospol.cz/ixadmin/app/webroot/uploads/new/sustr_et_al.pdf [details]
additional source Mwabvu, T.; Lamb, J.; Slotow, R.; Hamer, M.; Barraclough, D. (2015). Do cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene sequences differentiate species of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae)?. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 56 (3): 651-661., available online at https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0311 [details]
additional source Šustr, V.; Semanová, S.; Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Tajovský, K.; Sosinka, A.; Kaszuba, F. (2020). Enzymatic activities in the digestive tract of spirostreptid and spirobolid millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida and Spirobolida). <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</em> 241: 110388., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.110388 [details]
additional source Santamaria, S.; Enghoff, H.; Reboleira, A. S. (2016). Hidden biodiversity revealed by collections-based research—Laboulbeniales in millipedes: genus Rickia. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 243(2): 101., available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4303/cb37300dbfd27d28ad16769d73c45f6d9502.pdf
page(s): 109-110, 123 [details]
additional source Njila, H.; Hadi, S. (2015). Survey of Ground Dwelling Arthropods Associated with Two Habitat Types in the Jos Museum Zoological Garden Jos Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. <em>Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management.</em> 8(3): 272., available online at https://doi.org/10.4314/ejesm.v8i3.4
page(s): 275-276, fig. 1, table 2-3 [details]
additional source Alade, G. O.; Frank, Ajibesin, K. K. (2018). Animals and animal products as medicines: A survey of Epie-Atissa and Ogbia people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. <em>Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research.</em> 6(6): 483-502., available online at http://jppres.com/jppres/pdf/vol6/jppres18.399_6.6.483.pdf
page(s): 489, 495, table 3, 5 [details]
additional source Damsgaard, C.; Fago, A.; Hagner-Holler, S.; Malte, H.; Burmester, T.; Weber, R. E. (2013). Molecular and functional characterization of hemocyanin of the giant African millipede, Archispirostreptus gigas. <em>Journal of Experimental Biology.</em> 216(9): 1616-1623., available online at https://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/early/2013/01/22/jeb.080861.full.pdf
page(s): 1616-1623 [details]
additional source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 438 [details]
additional source Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Vilimová, J.; Tajovský, K.; Chachulska-Żymełka, A.; Sosinka, A.; Kszuk-Jendrysik, M.; Ostróżka, A.; Kaszuba, F. (2019). Autophagy and Apoptosis in the Midgut Epithelium of Millipedes. <em>Microscopy and Microanalysis.</em> 25(4): 1004-1016., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magdalena_Rost-Roszkowska/publication/333222861_Autophagy_and_Apoptosis_in_the_Midgut_Epithelium_of_Millipedes/links/5d9dc2f9299bf13f40cef1a9/Autophagy-and-Apoptosis-in-the-Midgut-Epithelium-of-Millipedes.pdf
page(s): 1004-1016, figs. 1a, 7b [details]
additional source Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Vilimová, J.; Tajovský, K.; Šustr, V.; Sosinka, A.; Kszuk-Jendrysik, M.; Ostróżka, A.; Kaszuba, F.; Kamińska, K.; Marchewka, A. (2018). The ultrastructure of the hepatic cells in millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 274: 95-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2018.01.006
page(s): 95-102 [details]
additional source Šustr, V.; Šimek, M.; Faktorová, L.; Macková, J.; Tajovský, K. (2020). Release of greenhouse gases from millipedes as related to food, body size, and other factors. <em>Soil Biology and Biochemistry.</em> 144: 107765., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107765
page(s): 3, 4, 5 [details]
additional source Enghoff, H.; Ngute, A. S.; Kwezaura, R. L.; Laizzer, R. L.; Lyatuu, H. M.; Mhagawale, W.; Mnendendo, H. R.; Marshall, A. R. (2024). A mountain of millipedes XI. The trachystreptoform spirostreptids of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 918., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.918.2405
page(s): table 4 [details]
additional source Enghoff, H. (2024). A lesser giant millipede from Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5437(3): 424-432., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.7
page(s): 428; note: Fig 3 & 4 [details]
source of synonymy Schubart, O. (1966). Diplopoda III: Pselaphognatha, Opisthospermophora, Colobognatha. South African Animal Life, 12: 9-227. Stockholm
page(s): 115 [details]
new combination reference Silvestri, F. (1895). Chilopodi e diplopodi raccolti dal capitano G. Bove e dal Prof. L. Balzan nell'America meridionale. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 14: 764-783. Genova, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940804
page(s): 14/777 [details]
page(s): 310 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus plumaceus Voges, 1878) Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus semicylindricus Voges, 1878) Voges, E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Juliden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 31: 127-194
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus procerus Gerstäcker, 1873) Gerstäcker, A. (1873). Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. 1-542. Leipzig, Heidelberg
page(s): 508 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus opistheurys Attems, 1896) Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1896). Beschreibung der von Dr. Stuhlmann in Ost-Afrika gesammelten Myriopoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 13: 21-42, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29521397
page(s): 35-37 [details]
original description (of Graphidostreptus msalaensis (Kraus, 1958)) Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus gigas Peters, 1855) Peters, W. C. H. (1855). Über die Myriapoden im allgemeinen und insbesondere über die in Mossambique beobachteten Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 14: 75-85. Berlin
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Spirostreptus msalaensis Kraus, 1958) Kraus, O. (1958). Myriapoden aus Ostafrika (Tanganyika Territory). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen, Reihe A, 3: 1-16. Bremen
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Krabbe, E. (1982). Systematik der Spirostreptidae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha). Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (N.F.), 24: 1-476. Hamburg
page(s): 36-40, 54, 64, 88, 90, 91, 268-270, figs. 12-18, 60-71, 104-111, 191 [details]
additional source Hamer, M. L. (1998). Checklist of Southern African millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39: 11-82
page(s): 45, 46 [details]
additional source Mwabvu, T., Hamer, M., Slotow, R., & Barraclough, D. (2010). A revision of the taxonomy and distribution of Archispirostreptus Silvestri 1895 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), and description of a new spirostreptid genus with three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2567, 1-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2567.1.1
page(s): 13-18 [details]
additional source Enghoff, H.; Hoffman, R. L.; Howell, K. M. (2016). Checklist of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Tanzania. <em>Journal of East African Natural History.</em> 105 (1): 51–113., available online at https://doi.org/10.2982/028.105.0103
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Mwabvu, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). Spirostreptid Millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of the Taita Hills, Kenya, Including Descriptions of Three New Species. <em>In: Roble, S. M.; Mitchell, J. C. (eds.). 2009. A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman 's 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural Hi story Special Publication No. 16, Martinsville, VA.</em> Pp. 195-207.
page(s): 196, 198, 199, 205, 206, fig. 3 [details]
additional source Šustr, V.; Tajovský, K.; Semanová, S.; Chroňáková, A.; Šimek, M. (2013). The giant African millipede, Archispirostreptus gigas (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida), a model species for ecophysiological studies. <em>Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae.</em> 77 (2): 145-158., available online at http://zoospol.cz/ixadmin/app/webroot/uploads/new/sustr_et_al.pdf [details]
additional source Mwabvu, T.; Lamb, J.; Slotow, R.; Hamer, M.; Barraclough, D. (2015). Do cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene sequences differentiate species of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae)?. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 56 (3): 651-661., available online at https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0311 [details]
additional source Šustr, V.; Semanová, S.; Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Tajovský, K.; Sosinka, A.; Kaszuba, F. (2020). Enzymatic activities in the digestive tract of spirostreptid and spirobolid millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida and Spirobolida). <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</em> 241: 110388., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2019.110388 [details]
additional source Santamaria, S.; Enghoff, H.; Reboleira, A. S. (2016). Hidden biodiversity revealed by collections-based research—Laboulbeniales in millipedes: genus Rickia. <em>Phytotaxa.</em> 243(2): 101., available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4303/cb37300dbfd27d28ad16769d73c45f6d9502.pdf
page(s): 109-110, 123 [details]
additional source Njila, H.; Hadi, S. (2015). Survey of Ground Dwelling Arthropods Associated with Two Habitat Types in the Jos Museum Zoological Garden Jos Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. <em>Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management.</em> 8(3): 272., available online at https://doi.org/10.4314/ejesm.v8i3.4
page(s): 275-276, fig. 1, table 2-3 [details]
additional source Alade, G. O.; Frank, Ajibesin, K. K. (2018). Animals and animal products as medicines: A survey of Epie-Atissa and Ogbia people of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. <em>Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research.</em> 6(6): 483-502., available online at http://jppres.com/jppres/pdf/vol6/jppres18.399_6.6.483.pdf
page(s): 489, 495, table 3, 5 [details]
additional source Damsgaard, C.; Fago, A.; Hagner-Holler, S.; Malte, H.; Burmester, T.; Weber, R. E. (2013). Molecular and functional characterization of hemocyanin of the giant African millipede, Archispirostreptus gigas. <em>Journal of Experimental Biology.</em> 216(9): 1616-1623., available online at https://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/early/2013/01/22/jeb.080861.full.pdf
page(s): 1616-1623 [details]
additional source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 438 [details]
additional source Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Vilimová, J.; Tajovský, K.; Chachulska-Żymełka, A.; Sosinka, A.; Kszuk-Jendrysik, M.; Ostróżka, A.; Kaszuba, F. (2019). Autophagy and Apoptosis in the Midgut Epithelium of Millipedes. <em>Microscopy and Microanalysis.</em> 25(4): 1004-1016., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magdalena_Rost-Roszkowska/publication/333222861_Autophagy_and_Apoptosis_in_the_Midgut_Epithelium_of_Millipedes/links/5d9dc2f9299bf13f40cef1a9/Autophagy-and-Apoptosis-in-the-Midgut-Epithelium-of-Millipedes.pdf
page(s): 1004-1016, figs. 1a, 7b [details]
additional source Rost-Roszkowska, M.; Vilimová, J.; Tajovský, K.; Šustr, V.; Sosinka, A.; Kszuk-Jendrysik, M.; Ostróżka, A.; Kaszuba, F.; Kamińska, K.; Marchewka, A. (2018). The ultrastructure of the hepatic cells in millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 274: 95-102., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2018.01.006
page(s): 95-102 [details]
additional source Šustr, V.; Šimek, M.; Faktorová, L.; Macková, J.; Tajovský, K. (2020). Release of greenhouse gases from millipedes as related to food, body size, and other factors. <em>Soil Biology and Biochemistry.</em> 144: 107765., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107765
page(s): 3, 4, 5 [details]
additional source Enghoff, H.; Ngute, A. S.; Kwezaura, R. L.; Laizzer, R. L.; Lyatuu, H. M.; Mhagawale, W.; Mnendendo, H. R.; Marshall, A. R. (2024). A mountain of millipedes XI. The trachystreptoform spirostreptids of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 918., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.918.2405
page(s): table 4 [details]
additional source Enghoff, H. (2024). A lesser giant millipede from Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5437(3): 424-432., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.7
page(s): 428; note: Fig 3 & 4 [details]
source of synonymy Schubart, O. (1966). Diplopoda III: Pselaphognatha, Opisthospermophora, Colobognatha. South African Animal Life, 12: 9-227. Stockholm
page(s): 115 [details]
new combination reference Silvestri, F. (1895). Chilopodi e diplopodi raccolti dal capitano G. Bove e dal Prof. L. Balzan nell'America meridionale. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 14: 764-783. Genova, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940804
page(s): 14/777 [details]
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