Marine Species Traits - Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910

Traits taxon details

Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910

AphiaID

892414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892414)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910 (type by original designation)

Parent

Prosopodesminae Hoffman, 1980

Direct children (8)

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Species Prosopodesmus crater Mesibov, 2012
Species Prosopodesmus hilaris Brölemann, 1920
Species Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910
Species Prosopodesmus kirrama Mesibov, 2012
Species Prosopodesmus monteithi Mesibov, 2012
Species Prosopodesmus panporus Blower & Rundle, 1980
Species Prosopodesmus similis (Haga, 1968)
Species Prosopodesmus sinuatus (MIyosi, 1958)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

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): 360 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892414 on 2026-04-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892414 on 2026-04-13

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 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): 360 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prosopodesmus)
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