Marine Species Traits - Polyxenus chilensis Silvestri, 1903

Traits taxon details

Polyxenus chilensis Silvestri, 1903

AphiaID

941427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:941427)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polyxenus Latzel, 1884

Original name

Polyxenus chilensis Silvestri, 1903

Environment

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

Original description

Silvestri, F. (1903). Note Diplopodologiche. Bollettino del musei di zoologia e di anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, 18(433): 1-21. Torino, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53519246
page(s): 15 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Polyxenus chilensis Silvestri, 1903. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=941427 on 2026-07-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Polyxenus chilensis Silvestri, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=941427 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-19 09:46:04Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

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Sources (4)
Attributes (3)

original description Silvestri, F. (1903). Note Diplopodologiche. Bollettino del musei di zoologia e di anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, 18(433): 1-21. Torino, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53519246
page(s): 15 [details]

additional source Silvestri, F. (1905). Myriapoda. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, Supplementum, 6: 715-772. Jena, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14182300
page(s): 722; note: description of species [details]

additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2003). A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world (Diplopoda, Polyxenida). African Invertebrates, 44(1): 89-101. Pietermaritzburg
page(s): 100; note: citation of species name [details]

additional source Chamberlin, R. V. (1957). The Diplopoda of the Lund University and California Academy of Sciences expeditions. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, Ny Följd, Avd. 2, 53(8): 1-44. Lund
page(s): 8 [details]

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