Marine Species Traits - Dalodesmus Cook, 1896

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Dalodesmus Cook, 1896

Dalodesmus hova

AphiaID

891394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891394)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Dalodesmus tectus Cook, 1896 (type by original designation)

Parent

Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896

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Species Dalodesmus hamatus (Brandt, 1841)
Species Dalodesmus kompantsevi Wesener, Akkari & Golovatch, 2025
Species Dalodesmus odontopezus (Attems, 1898)
Species Dalodesmus orator Hoffman, 1974
Species Dalodesmus speophilus Wesener, Akkari & Golovatch, 2025
Species Dalodesmus tectus Cook, 1896
Species Dalodesmus hova (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897) accepted as Dalodesmus tectus Cook, 1896
Species Dalodesmus voeltzkowi Mesibov, Wesener & Hollier, 2018 accepted as Eutubercularium voeltzkowi (Mesibov, Wesener & Hollier, 2018)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Dalodesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891394 on 2026-01-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Dalodesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891394 on 2026-01-18

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. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870 [details]

basis of record Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 321 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 150, 184 [details]

additional source Golovatch, S. I.; Hoffman, R. L. (1989). Identity of Polydesmus hamatus Brandt 1841, a Malagasy milliped (Diplopoda Polydesmida Dalodesmidae). Tropical Zoology. 2(2): 159-164., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03946975.1989.10539436 [details]

redescription Wesener, T.; Akkari, N.; Golovatch, S. I. (2025). Revision of the millipede family Dalodesmidae in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new Malagasy species of Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys. 1223: 185-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139346
page(s): 195 [details]

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Dalodesmus hova

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Dalodesmus tectus

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