Marine Species Traits - Acanthodesmus dorsalis (Silvestri, 1896)

Traits taxon details

Acanthodesmus dorsalis (Silvestri, 1896)

Acanthodesmus dorsalis

AphiaID

1335238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1335238)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthodesmus Peters, 1864

Original name

Platyrhacus dorsalis Silvestri, 1899

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Acanthodesmus dorsalis (Silvestri, 1896). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335238 on 2026-07-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Acanthodesmus dorsalis (Silvestri, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1335238 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-21 16:58:42Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

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original description (of ) Silvestri, F. (1896). Diplopodi di Borneo. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 16: 20-28. Genova, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7697882
page(s): 22, fig. 1 [details]

additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (2007). An annotated bibliographical catalogue of the Indo-Australian Platyrhacidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). <em>Myriapod memoranda.</em> 10: 49-101.
page(s): 53; note: citation list and synonymy list, locality [details]

new combination reference Hoffman, R. L. (1984). Millipeds of the genera Acanthodesmus Peters, 1864, and Eurydirorhachis Pocock, 1897 (Polydesmida: Platyrhacidae). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, N.F., 31(4): 253-264
page(s): 258 [details]

Definitions

From editor or global species database

Acanthodesmus dorsalis