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Issue: Vol. 2652 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2652.1.5
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 3

Decapauropus remyi (Bagnall, 1935) (Myriapoda, Pauropoda), a worm-like pauropod from a sandy beach: first record from Scandinavia, neotype selection and redescription

Häggeboholm, Häggesled, 53194 Järpås, Sweden
Mageröveien 168, 3145 Tjöme, Norway
Myriapoda Pauropoda Decapauropus taxonomy neotype

Abstract

A species new to the Scandinavian fauna, Decapauropus remyi (Bagnall), is reported from Norway. The original description is amended and a neotype is designated.

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