Marine Species Traits - Cynedesmus Cook, 1895

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Cynedesmus Cook, 1895

AphiaID

891378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891378)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896

Synonymised names

Augesmus Chamberlin, 1951 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Cynedesmus formicola Cook, 1896
Species Cynedesmus ornamentatus (Karsch, 1880)
Species Cynedesmus simplex Loomis, 1934
Species Cynedesmus trinus Loomis, 1959
Species Cynedesmus varilobatus Loomis, 1936

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

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): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Cynedesmus Cook, 1895. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891378 on 2026-02-23

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Cynedesmus Cook, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891378 on 2026-02-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

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Spelda, Jörg

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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): 5 [details]

original description (of Augesmus Chamberlin, 1951) Chamberlin, R. V. (1951). On Diplopoda of North-East Angola. Publicações culturais da Companhia de diamantes de Angola, 10: 65-93. Lisboa
page(s): 77 [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. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 71 [details]

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