Marine Species Traits - Sphaeriodesmoidea Humbert & De Saussure, 1869

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Sphaeriodesmoidea Humbert & De Saussure, 1869

AphiaID

887946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:887946)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Leptodesmidea

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Family Campodesmidae Cook, 1896
Family Holistophallidae Silvestri, 1909
Family Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
Family Augodesmidae Cook, 1895 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, genus Augodesmus was never described)
Family Sphaeriodesmoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Humbert, A.; Saussure, H. L. F. de (1869). Myriopoda nova Americana. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2. Sér., 21: 149-159, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44243203
page(s): 149 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Sphaeriodesmoidea Humbert & De Saussure, 1869. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887946 on 2026-05-06

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Sphaeriodesmoidea Humbert & De Saussure, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887946 on 2026-05-06

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original description Humbert, A.; Saussure, H. L. F. de (1869). Myriopoda nova Americana. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, 2. Sér., 21: 149-159, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44243203
page(s): 149 [details]

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

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1990). A phylogenetically interesting spaeriodesmid milliped from Oaxaca, Mexico (Polydesmida: Spaheriodesmidae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 97(3): 669-679. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.79756
page(s): 675; note: Includes commentary on the Superfamily [details]

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