Marine Species Traits - Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978

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Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978

Elythesmus enghoffi

AphiaID

891500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891500)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Elythesmus enghoffi Hoffman, 1978 (type by original designation)

Parent

Thelydesminae Cook, 1896

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Species Elythesmus enghoffi Hoffman, 1978

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Hoffman, R. L. (1978). A new genus and species of thelydesmine millipeds from Tanzania (Polydesmida: Cryptodesmidae). Revue zoologique africaine, 92(3): 753-760
page(s): 756 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891500 on 2025-12-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891500 on 2025-12-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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original description Hoffman, R. L. (1978). A new genus and species of thelydesmine millipeds from Tanzania (Polydesmida: Cryptodesmidae). Revue zoologique africaine, 92(3): 753-760
page(s): 756 [details]

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Elythesmus enghoffi

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