WoRMS taxon details
Chilexenus Silvestri, 1948
394571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394571)
accepted
Genus
Polyxenus rosendinus Silvestri, 1903 accepted as Chilexenus rosendinus (Silvestri, 1903) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Silvestri, F. (1948). Tavola sinottica dei generi dei Diplopoda Penicillata. Bollettino del Laboratorio di entomologia agraria "Filippo Silvestri", 8: 214-220
page(s): 216 [details]
page(s): 216 [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. Chilexenus Silvestri, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394571 on 2026-02-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Silvestri, F. (1948). Tavola sinottica dei generi dei Diplopoda Penicillata. Bollettino del Laboratorio di entomologia agraria "Filippo Silvestri", 8: 214-220
page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record Lawrence, R.F. (1984) The Centipedes and Millipedes of Southern Africa. A.N.Balkema, Cape Town & Rotterdam [details]
page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record Lawrence, R.F. (1984) The Centipedes and Millipedes of Southern Africa. A.N.Balkema, Cape Town & Rotterdam [details]
Other
additional source
Barber, A. D. (2009). Littoral myriapods. a review. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 81(3): 735-760., available online at https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/33_barber.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2009). Revision of the genera of Polyxenidae bearing pseudoarticulated gnathochilarial sensilla (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Polyxenidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31 (4): 829-848., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2009n4a5
page(s): 831 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2009). Revision of the genera of Polyxenidae bearing pseudoarticulated gnathochilarial sensilla (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Polyxenidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31 (4): 829-848., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2009n4a5
page(s): 831 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Ecology Lawrence (1984) refers to a species of Chilexenus at Port Alfred, South Africa which is "probably able to tolerate a certain amount of salinity" [details]
