Marine Species Traits - Gnomognathus nanus (Carl, 1941)

Traits taxon details

Gnomognathus nanus (Carl, 1941)

AphiaID

957198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:957198)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Gnomognathus Attems, 1942

Original name

Thyropygus nanus Carl, 1941

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Carl, J. (1941). Diplopoden aus Südindien und Ceylon. 2. Teil: Nematophora und Juliformia. Revue suisse de zoologie, 48(22): 569-714. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.154483
page(s): 682-685, figs 179-184 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Gnomognathus nanus (Carl, 1941). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957198 on 2026-10-06

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Gnomognathus nanus (Carl, 1941). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957198 on 2026-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-03-07 14:15:15Z

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Decker, Peter

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Sources (5)
Attributes (3)

original description (of ) Carl, J. (1941). Diplopoden aus Südindien und Ceylon. 2. Teil: Nematophora und Juliformia. Revue suisse de zoologie, 48(22): 569-714. Genève, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.154483
page(s): 682-685, figs 179-184 [details]

additional source Golovatch, S. I.; Wesener, T. (2016). A species checklist of the millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) of India. Zootaxa. 4129(1): 1-75., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4129.1.1/21377
page(s): 23 [details]

additional source Hollier, J.; Stöckli, E.; Wesener, T.; Mesibov, R.; Decker, P.; Sierwald, P. (2020). An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 127(1): 183-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0015
page(s): 218 [details]

additional source Sudhakaran, N.; Kuruvila, M. E. (2025). A new millipede species of the genus Gnomognathus Attems, 1942 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Harpagophoridae) from South India. Zootaxa. 5659(3): 335-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.2
page(s): 347, Fig. 9A [details]

new combination reference Jeekel, C. A. W. (2006). A bibliographic catalogue of the Oriental Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida). Myriapod memoranda, 9: 5-58 [details]

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