Aphia taxon details
Polyxenoidea Lucas, 1840
887923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:887923)
accepted
Superfamily
- Family Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897
- Family Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840
- Family Hypogexenidae Schubart, 1947 accepted as Hypogexeninae Schubart, 1947 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Pollyxenidae Lucas, 1840 accepted as Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840
marine, terrestrial
Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Polyxenoidea Lucas, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887923 on 2026-08-08
original description
Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516 [details]
taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 54 [details]
basis of record Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518 [details]
additional source Ishii, K.; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M.; Condé, B. (1999). The first penicillate millipedes from the vicinity of Manaus, Central Amazonia, Brazil (Diplopoda: Polyxenida). Amazoniana, 15(3-4): 239-267. Kiel [details]
additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (2003). A new genus of Penicillata from Southern Africa with pseudoarticulated sensilla on the palpi of the gnathochilarium (Diplopoda: Polyxenida: Polyxenidae). African Invertebrates, 44(1): 71-87. Pietermaritzburg [details]
additional source Condé, B. (1996). Une approche des Diplopoda Penicillata de l'Amerique du Nord. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, N. S., 169: 127-135, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58835018 [details]
additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (1976). Etude de la variabilité des charactères de deux espèces du genre Polyxenus, P. lagurus (L.) et P. fasciculatus SAY (Diplopode, Pénicillate). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 3e série, Zoologie, 249: 105-118, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57657544 [details]
additional source Nguyen Duy - Jacquemin, M.; Uys, C.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2011). Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 156: 85-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.156.2211 [details]
additional source Condé, Bruno; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2008). Classification actuelle des diplopodes penicillates (Myriapodes) avec nouvelles definitions des taxa [Present classification of Diplopoda Penicillata (Myriapoda), with new definitions of taxa]. <em>Bulletin de la societe zoologique de France.</em> 133 (4): 291-302. [details] Available for editors
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 [details] Available for editors
additional source Short, M.; Vahtera, V. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships of millipedes in the subclass Penicillata (Diplopoda) with a key to the genera. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(41-42): 2443-2461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1380241 [details]
taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 54 [details]
basis of record Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518 [details]
additional source Ishii, K.; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M.; Condé, B. (1999). The first penicillate millipedes from the vicinity of Manaus, Central Amazonia, Brazil (Diplopoda: Polyxenida). Amazoniana, 15(3-4): 239-267. Kiel [details]
additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (2003). A new genus of Penicillata from Southern Africa with pseudoarticulated sensilla on the palpi of the gnathochilarium (Diplopoda: Polyxenida: Polyxenidae). African Invertebrates, 44(1): 71-87. Pietermaritzburg [details]
additional source Condé, B. (1996). Une approche des Diplopoda Penicillata de l'Amerique du Nord. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, N. S., 169: 127-135, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58835018 [details]
additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (1976). Etude de la variabilité des charactères de deux espèces du genre Polyxenus, P. lagurus (L.) et P. fasciculatus SAY (Diplopode, Pénicillate). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 3e série, Zoologie, 249: 105-118, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57657544 [details]
additional source Nguyen Duy - Jacquemin, M.; Uys, C.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2011). Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 156: 85-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.156.2211 [details]
additional source Condé, Bruno; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2008). Classification actuelle des diplopodes penicillates (Myriapodes) avec nouvelles definitions des taxa [Present classification of Diplopoda Penicillata (Myriapoda), with new definitions of taxa]. <em>Bulletin de la societe zoologique de France.</em> 133 (4): 291-302. [details] Available for editors
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 [details] Available for editors
additional source Short, M.; Vahtera, V. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships of millipedes in the subclass Penicillata (Diplopoda) with a key to the genera. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(41-42): 2443-2461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1380241 [details]
