Marine Species Traits - Okeanobatidae Verhoeff, 1942

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Okeanobatidae Verhoeff, 1942

AphiaID

888750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888750)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Okeanobates Verhoeff, 1939 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Blaniuloidea C. L. Koch, 1847

Synonymised names

Okeanobatinae Verhoeff, 1942 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Okeanobatini Verhoeff, 1939 · unaccepted

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Genus Okeanobates Verhoeff, 1939
Genus Yosidaiulus Takakuwa, 1940
Subfamily Okeanobatinae Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Okeanobatidae Verhoeff, 1942 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Tribe Okeanobatini Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Okeanobatidae Verhoeff, 1942

Environment

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

Original description

Verhoeff, K. W. (1942). Ascospermophoren aus Japan und über neue japanische Diplopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 137(11-12): 201-217. Jena
page(s): 208 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Okeanobatidae Verhoeff, 1942. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888750 on 2026-07-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Okeanobatidae Verhoeff, 1942. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888750 on 2026-07-10

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original description Verhoeff, K. W. (1942). Ascospermophoren aus Japan und über neue japanische Diplopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 137(11-12): 201-217. Jena
page(s): 208 [details]

original description (of Okeanobatinae Verhoeff, 1942) Verhoeff, K. W. (1942). Ascospermophoren aus Japan und über neue japanische Diplopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 137(11-12): 201-217. Jena
page(s): 208 [details]

original description (of Okeanobatini Verhoeff, 1939) Verhoeff, K. W. (1939). Zur Kenntnis ostasiatischer Diplopoden IV. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 127(11-12): 273-285. Leipzig [details]

taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill, Leiden; Boston. 482 pp.
page(s): 451; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication. 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details]

additional source Enghoff, H. (1979). The milliped genus Okeanobates (Diplopoda, Julida: Nemasomatidae). Steenstrupia. 5(9): 161-178. Kobenhavn. [details]

additional source Enghoff, H. (1985). The milliped family Nemasomatidae. With description of a new genus, and a revision of Orinisobates (Diplopoda: Julida). Entomologica scandinavica, 15: 27-67. Kobenhavn, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/187631285x00045
page(s): 64; note: Raises from subfamily to family status [details]

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