Marine Species Traits - Ophrydesmus Cook, 1896

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Ophrydesmus Cook, 1896

Cryptodesmus weberi

AphiaID

892167 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892167)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophrydesmini Hoffman, 1973

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Species Ophrydesmus anichkini Golovatch, 2015
Species Ophrydesmus concolor (Pocock, 1894)
Species Ophrydesmus exilis Hoffman, 1973
Species Ophrydesmus kedahensis (Wang & Tang, 1965)
Species Ophrydesmus pugnus Cook, 1896
Species Ophrydesmus scaurus Cook, 1896
Species Ophrydesmus sumatranus (Pocock, 1894)
Species Ophrydesmus tengger Cook, 1896
Species Ophrydesmus weberi (Pocock, 1894)

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
page(s): 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Ophrydesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892167 on 2025-11-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Ophrydesmus Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892167 on 2025-11-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

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
page(s): 23 [details]

redescription Golovatch, S.I. (2015). Review of the Millipede Genus Ophrydesmus Cook, 1896, with the Description of a New Species from Southern Vietnam (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Cryptodesmidae). <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> 15(2): 155–165., available online at https://tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/103079
page(s): p. 158; note: Golovatch (2015) provided more information on the genus, including diagnosis and description. [details] Available for editors

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Cryptodesmus weberi

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