Marine Species Traits - Polydesmus setiger Wood, 1865

Traits name details

Polydesmus setiger Wood, 1865

AphiaID

941915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:941915)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polydesmus Latreille, 1802

Original name

Polydesmus setiger Wood, 1865

Environment

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

Original description

Wood, H. C. Jr. (1865). On the Myriopoda of North America. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society., N. S. 13: 137-248., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36393604
page(s): 213 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Polydesmus setiger Wood, 1865. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=941915 on 2026-09-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Polydesmus setiger Wood, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=941915 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-19 09:46:04Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2024-03-11 23:46:22Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (6)

original description Wood, H. C. Jr. (1865). On the Myriopoda of North America. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society., N. S. 13: 137-248., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36393604
page(s): 213 [details]

additional source Cook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1894). A Monograph of Scytonotus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 8: 6-8
page(s): 237 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication. 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 447 [details]

additional source McNeill, J. (1888). A list, with brief descriptions of all the species, including one new to science, of Myriapoda of Franklin Co., Ind. Bulletin of the Brookville Society of Natural History, 3: 1-20, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/64108690
page(s): 5 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (1994). Revision of the millipede genus Scytonotus Koch (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). Brimleyana. 19: 1-60.
page(s): 38 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication. 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 447 [details]