Marine Species Traits - Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943)

Traits name details

Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943)

AphiaID

945870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:945870)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888)

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmonus Cook, 1898

Original name

Desmoniella curtus Loomis, 1943

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Loomis, H. F. (1943). New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92(7): 371-410. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
page(s): 401 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=945870 on 2026-07-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=945870 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

2024-06-23 19:17:17Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Loomis, H. F. (1943). New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92(7): 371-410. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
page(s): 401 [details]

source of synonymy Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville
page(s): 39 [details]