Marine Species Traits - Phymatodesmus sakalava (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)

Traits taxon details

Phymatodesmus sakalava (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)

AphiaID

946021 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:946021)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phymatodesmus De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902

Original name

Polydesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1897). Myriapodes de Madagascar. Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar. 27(53): pls 1-12. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53579686
page(s): plate 5, figure 22; note: Name given in caption to figure [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Phymatodesmus sakalava (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=946021 on 2026-03-06

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Phymatodesmus sakalava (De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=946021 on 2026-03-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

2017-11-30 08:31:53Z

changed

Mesibov, Robert

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original description (of ) Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehnter, L. (1897). Myriapodes de Madagascar. Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar. 27(53): pls 1-12. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53579686
page(s): plate 5, figure 22; note: Name given in caption to figure [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin, available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111609645.383
page(s): 490; note: Listed as Phymatodesmus sakalava [details]

additional source Enghoff, H. (2003). Diplopoda, Millipedes. In: Goodman, S.G. & Benstead, J.P. (eds.): The Natural History of Madagascar – The University of Chicago Press, 1760, 617-627
page(s): 623; note: Listed as Phymatodesmus sakalava in Dalodesmidae [details]

redescription Wesener, T.; Akkari, N.; Golovatch, S. I. (2025). Revision of the millipede family Dalodesmidae in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new Malagasy species of Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys. 1223: 185-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139346
page(s): 188 [details]

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