Polydactylogonus, Mesibov, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.176273 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FCCCF129-31BF-4258-BF12-1D1887B901AA |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17880998 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A506F4EB-E2B8-529E-BD1B-F635A515DBC2 |
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Polydactylogonus |
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gen. nov. |
Polydactylogonus gen. nov.
Type species.
Polydactylogonus sanctogwinear sp. nov., by present designation.
Other assigned species.
None.
Diagnosis.
Distinguished from other Australian dalodesmids by the slender gonopod telopodite ending in a fan-like cluster of five branches.
Description.
As for the type species.
Name.
Greek polys (many) + dactylos (finger), plus “-gonus”, an ending for genus names in Polydesmida that refers to gonopod structure, e. g. Tridactylogonus Jeekel, 1982 . In anterior and posterior view the gonopod telopodite seems to end in five “ fingers ” spread apart. Masculine gender.
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Dalodesmidea |
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