Marine Species Traits - Desmoninae Cook, 1898

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Desmoninae Cook, 1898

AphiaID

888906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888906)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869

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Tribe Desmonini Cook, 1898
1. Genus Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864
2. Genus Desmonus Cook, 1898
3. Genus Desmoniella Loomis, 1943 accepted as Desmonus Cook, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
4. Genus Taphrodesmus Silvestri, 1910 accepted as Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
5. Genus Tetraporosoma Loomis, 1966 accepted as Desmonus Cook, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Tribe Hybocestini Hoffman, 1979
1. Genus Hybocestus Hoffman, 1959

Environment

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

Original description

Cook, O. F. (1898). American oniscoid Diplopoda of the order Merocheta. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1154): 451-468. Washington D.C., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.21-1154.451
page(s): 463 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Desmoninae Cook, 1898. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888906 on 2026-05-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Desmoninae Cook, 1898. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888906 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-11-03 12:06:36Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2017-06-22 07:13:46Z

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Spelda, Jörg

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original description Cook, O. F. (1898). American oniscoid Diplopoda of the order Merocheta. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1154): 451-468. Washington D.C., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.21-1154.451
page(s): 463 [details]

basis of record Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1959). A new diplopod genus from Guatemala, closely related to Desmonus, and its effect on the validity of the families Desmonidae and Cyclodesmidae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 72: 173-182 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1979). On the status of the milliped genus Cyphodesmus Peters 1864 (Sphaeriodesmidae). Revue suisse de zoologie, 86(1): 3-9. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.82274 [details]

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