Geophilus
creator: Minelli, Alessandro
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Barber, A.D.
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Geophilus Leach, 1814
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: WoRMS (2026). Geophilus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105481 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2009-05-07T12:22:15Z
replaces: 151197
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Geophilus Leach, 1814
class: Chilopoda
family: Geophilidae
genus: Geophilus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 11(2): 306-400.
name published in year: 1816 [1815]
order: Geophilomorpha
parent name usage ID: 105475
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Leach, 1814
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted