MCZ Invertebrate Zoology DIPL-4676

Platyrhacus ancylogon Chamberlin, 1920

Paratype of Platyrhacus ancylogon

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2011-03-06

Asia: Indonesia: West Papua Province: New Guinea | Dutch New Guinea: Manokwari

Current Identification
Platyrhacus ancylogon Chamberlin, 1920
Animalia Arthropoda Diplopoda Helminthomorpha Merocheta Polydesmida Chelodesmidea Platyrhacidae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1920, page 140, Paratype of Platyrhacus ancylogon Chamberlin, 1920 p. 140-141. "383. PLATYRRHACUS ANCYLOGON, sp. nov. TYPE.--M. C. Z. 4,675. PARATYPES.--M. C. Z. 4,676. Dutch New Guinea: Manokwari (Thomas Barbour)."
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1

  • collection number: RVC-4676

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) damaged in collection ca.3 History
Remarks: All specimens broken into fragments; 3 heads and 4 tails present

Attribute Value Determination On
citation 1920. Bull. MCZ, vol. LXIV(1): 140 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • In "List of Chamberlin Species" file; with number

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Indonesia
  • State/Province:
  • West Papua Province
  • Island:
  • New Guinea
  • Specific Locality:
  • Dutch New Guinea: Manokwari
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • INDONESIA (Irian Jaya), Irian Jaya, Dutch New Guinea: Manokwari
  • Georeference:
  • -4.7500000°, 138.000000° (Error radius: 301m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)[Note: a coordinate uncertainty of 301m is given by Biogeomancer and GeoLocate when unable to determine an uncertainty]
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2011-03-06
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1906-1907
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Thomas Barbourlinked data icon

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  • [Masked]

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