Marine Species Traits - Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864

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Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864

AphiaID

891382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891382)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Desmonini Cook, 1898

Synonymised names

Taphrodesmus Silvestri, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Cyphodesmus hidalgonus Chamberlin, 1943
Species Cyphodesmus mexicanus (De Saussure, 1859)
Species Cyphodesmus trifidus (Silvestri, 1910)
Species Cyphodesmus vestitus (Silvestri, 1910)
Species Cyphodesmus bifidus (Silvestri, 1910) accepted as Cyphodesmus vestitus (Silvestri, 1910) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Peters, W. C. H. (1864(1865)). Übersicht der im Königl. zoologischen Museum befindlichen Myriopoden aus der Familie der Polydesmi, so wie Beschreibungen einer neuen Gattung, Trachyjulus, der Juli und neuer Arten der Gattung Siphonophora. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1864(7): 529-551. Berlin
page(s): 530 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891382 on 2026-04-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891382 on 2026-04-08

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 Peters, W. C. H. (1864(1865)). Übersicht der im Königl. zoologischen Museum befindlichen Myriopoden aus der Familie der Polydesmi, so wie Beschreibungen einer neuen Gattung, Trachyjulus, der Juli und neuer Arten der Gattung Siphonophora. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1864(7): 529-551. Berlin
page(s): 530 [details]

original description (of Taphrodesmus Silvestri, 1910) Silvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798
page(s): 357 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville
page(s): 43 [details]

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