Marine Species Traits - Phlyzakium Attems, 1931

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Phlyzakium Attems, 1931

Leptodesmus attemsi

AphiaID

892310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892310)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Trachelodesmini Cook, 1896

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Species Phlyzakium attemsi (Brölemann, 1898)
Species Phlyzakium evolutum (Brölemann, 1898)
Species Phlyzakium mediale Shelley, 1999
Species Phlyzakium nudipes (Brölemann, 1898)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1931). Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart). (79): 1-150. Stuttgart.
page(s): 50 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Phlyzakium Attems, 1931. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892310 on 2026-05-14

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Phlyzakium Attems, 1931. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892310 on 2026-05-14

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 Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1931). Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart). (79): 1-150. Stuttgart.
page(s): 50 [details]

taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 153; note: in tribe Trachelodesmini [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich. 69: 1-487. Berlin.
page(s): 94 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1975). Chelodesmid Studies VI. A synopsis of the tribe Trachelodesmini (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 10: 127-144, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01650527509360488
page(s): 136; note: contains only attemsi and evolutum [details]

identification resource Shelley, R. M. (1999). New Trachelodesminine millipeds from Northern South America, with a key to tribal genera (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Papéis avulsos do Departamento de zoologia, 41(4): 59-65. Sao Paulo, available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1999.41.p59-65
page(s): 60; note: in key [details]

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Leptodesmus attemsi

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Phlyzakium attemsi

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Phlyzakium attemsi

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Phlyzakium attemsi

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