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Polydesmus pectinatus Karsch, 1881
949285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:949285)
unaccepted
Species
Karsch, F. (1881). Zum Studium der Myriopoda Polydesmida. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 47(1): 36-49. Berlin., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6378003
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
Type locality contained in Kenya
type locality contained in Kenya [details]
Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Polydesmus pectinatus Karsch, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByTaxonRankID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=949285 on 2026-08-16
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Karsch, F. (1881). Zum Studium der Myriopoda Polydesmida. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 47(1): 36-49. Berlin., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6378003
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Brölemann, H. W. (1920). Diplopoda. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale : 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques, 49-298. Paris
page(s): 188 [details]
additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 69: 1-487. Berlin.
page(s): 362 [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (1999). Centipedes and millipedes with emphasis on North American fauna. Kansas School Naturalist, 45(3): 1-15. Emporia
page(s): 170 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1967). A second contribution to the knowledge of East Afican orodesmid millipeds (Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 75(1-2): 95-129
page(s): 120 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1976). A fourth contribution to the knowledge of oxydesmid Diplopoda. Revue de Zoologie africaine, 90(4): 944-970
page(s): 968 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 170 [details]
new combination reference 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): 107; note: Orodesmus pectinatus [details]
new combination reference Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675
page(s): 308; note: Orodesmus pectinatus [details]
new combination reference Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 13; note: Ctenodesmus pectinatus [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Brölemann, H. W. (1920). Diplopoda. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale : 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques, 49-298. Paris
page(s): 188 [details]
additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 69: 1-487. Berlin.
page(s): 362 [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (1999). Centipedes and millipedes with emphasis on North American fauna. Kansas School Naturalist, 45(3): 1-15. Emporia
page(s): 170 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1967). A second contribution to the knowledge of East Afican orodesmid millipeds (Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 75(1-2): 95-129
page(s): 120 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1976). A fourth contribution to the knowledge of oxydesmid Diplopoda. Revue de Zoologie africaine, 90(4): 944-970
page(s): 968 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 170 [details]
new combination reference 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): 107; note: Orodesmus pectinatus [details]
new combination reference Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1899). System der Polydesmiden. II. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen, 68: 251-436, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35890675
page(s): 308; note: Orodesmus pectinatus [details]
new combination reference Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 13; note: Ctenodesmus pectinatus [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
