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Myriapods taxon detailsGeophilus carpophagus Leach, 1814
394703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394703)
accepted
Species
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. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873
page(s): 384-385 [details] 
Taxonomy The two species Geophilus carpophagus (ss) and Geophilus easoni Arthur et al, 2001 have been separated and all older...
Taxonomy The two species Geophilus carpophagus (ss) and Geophilus easoni Arthur et al, 2001 have been separated and all older records of G.carpophagus need to be considered in this context. [details]
Barber, A. D. (2025). World Database of littoral Myriapoda. Geophilus carpophagus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/myriapoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394703 on 2026-02-25
original description
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. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873
page(s): 384-385 [details] context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details] basis of record Barber, A.D. (2009a) Centipedes. Linnean Society Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 58. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. [details] From editor or global species database
Ecology As now recognised (for Great Britain), G.carpophagus (ss) is the coastal, arboreal and synanthropic form. [details]Habitat This species is either supralittoral or can be found in the intertidal zone but does not live there naturally. [details] Taxonomy The two species Geophilus carpophagus (ss) and Geophilus easoni Arthur et al, 2001 have been separated and all older records of G.carpophagus need to be considered in this context. [details] |
