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Posidippus
Poseidippus or Posidippus (Ancient Greek: Ποσείδιππος, romanized: Poseidippos or Ancient Greek: Ποσίδιππος, romanized: Posidippos, lit. 'horse of Poseidon') is a Greek theophoric name. It may refer to a number of individuals from classical antiquity, including:
Poseidippus or Posidippus (comic poet), c. 316–250 BC, a celebrated poet of the New Comedy at Athens, known for his novel use of language, and influence on the Latin poets.
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Steirodon stalii
speciesSteirodon stalii
Steirodon validum
speciesSteirodon validum
Steirodon dentiferum
speciesSteirodon dentiferum
Steirodon dohrni
speciesSteirodon dohrni
Steirodon barellum
speciesSteirodon barellum
Steirodon maroniense
speciesSteirodon maroniense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 767495.