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Polyzoniida

AphiaID

887898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:887898)

Classification

Authority

Cook, 1895

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Colobognatha

Direct children (4)

Ordering

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Family Hirudisomatidae Silvestri, 1896
Family Polyzoniidae Gervais, 1844
Family Siphonotidae Cook, 1895
Family Polyzoniida incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Cook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1895). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9: 1-100. New York, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543
page(s): 2 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. (2021). MilliBase. Polyzoniida. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887898 on 2026-01-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Polyzoniida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887898 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-10-14 10:54:13Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2016-10-27 22:02:03Z

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2016-11-03 08:23:38Z

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original description Cook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1895). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9: 1-100. New York, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543
page(s): 2 [details]

taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill, Leiden; Boston. 482 pp.
page(s): 448; note: listed as a valid order in Table 16.1 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève. [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1982). Diplopoda. In: Parker, S.P. [Ed.]. Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1982: i-xviii, 1-1166, 689-724 [details]

additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. Fauna Europaea Evertebrata. 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 41; note: While there are two indigenous families, Hirudisomatidae and Polyzoniidae, with a dozen European species, a third family, Siphonotidae, is represented in Europe by one species, Rhinotus purpureus (poc...

While there are two indigenous families, Hirudisomatidae and Polyzoniidae, with a dozen European species, a third family, Siphonotidae, is represented in Europe by one species, Rhinotus purpureus (pocock, 1894) which has been found in a hothouse in the UK. R purpureus is a widely distributed, tropical 'tramp ' species (Hoffman 1999). There have been two importa nt reviews in the recent past, Kurnik & Thaler (1989) and Shelley (199 7).

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additional source Blanke, A.; Wesener, T. (2014). Revival of forgotten characters and modern imaging techniques help to produce a robust phylogeny of the Diplopoda (Arthropoda, Myriapoda). Arthropod Structure & Development. 43(1): 63-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2013.10.003 [details]

additional source Enghoff, H.; Golovatch, S.; Short, M.; Stoev, P.; Wesener, T. (2015). Diplopoda — taxonomic overview. In: Minelli, A. (ed.) Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. : 387-453., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004188273_017 [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyzoniida)
To Genbank