Marine Species Traits - Rajasphaerinae Hoffman, 1976

Traits taxon details

Rajasphaerinae Hoffman, 1976

AphiaID

1005545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1005545)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Zephroniidae Gray in Jones, 1843

Environment

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

Original description

Hoffman, R. L. (1976). The systematic status of the diplopod genus Rajasphaera Attems, 1935 (Sphaerotheriida). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 5(95): 117-126
page(s): ?; note: original not yet checked [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Rajasphaerinae Hoffman, 1976. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005545 on 2025-11-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Rajasphaerinae Hoffman, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005545 on 2025-11-10

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2017-06-28 08:23:39Z

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Spelda, Jörg

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original description Hoffman, R. L. (1976). The systematic status of the diplopod genus Rajasphaera Attems, 1935 (Sphaerotheriida). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 5(95): 117-126
page(s): ?; note: original not yet checked [details]

basis of record Verhoeff, K. W. (1937). Zwei neue Myriapoden-Gattungen aus Indien und ihre Stellung. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 120(5-6): 81-89. Leipzig
page(s): 81 [details]

additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 28; note: states: The family-group name Rajasphaerinae Verhoeff, 1937 (Zool. Anz. 120:81) was published without a diagnosis, and has no status in nomenclature [details]

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