Marine Species Traits - Millsonia Beddard, 1894

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Millsonia Beddard, 1894

AphiaID

1062149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062149)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Benhamiidae Michaelsen, 1897

Original name

Millsonia Beddard, 1894

Direct children (9)

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Species Millsonia nigra Beddard, 1894
Species Millsonia anomala Omodeo, 1954 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia bouna Csuzdi, 2006 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia ditheca Sims, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia ghanensis Sims, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia hemina Sims, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia lamtoiana Omodeo & Vaillaud, 1967 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia meridionalis Omodeo, 1973 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Millsonia pumilia Sims, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Beddard, F. E. (1894). On two new genera, comprising three new species of earthworms from western tropical Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1894:379-391., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990673
page(s): 380; note: Created for two species M. rubens (page 382) and M. nigra (p385) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Millsonia Beddard, 1894. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062149 on 2025-05-22

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Millsonia Beddard, 1894. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062149 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-02-27 09:18:11Z

created

Reynolds, John W.

2021-05-15 07:28:40Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

2024-01-07 18:53:32Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

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original description Beddard, F. E. (1894). On two new genera, comprising three new species of earthworms from western tropical Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. London. 1894:379-391., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990673
page(s): 380; note: Created for two species M. rubens (page 382) and M. nigra (p385) [details]

basis of record Reynolds, J. W.; Wetzel, M. J. (2018). Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica – A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens. Editio Secunda. , available online at https://nomenclatura-oligochaetologica.inhs.illinois.edu/ [details]

additional source Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. [Book]. 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71343
page(s): 479 [details]

status source Misirlioğlu, Mete; Reynolds, John Warren; Stojanović, Mirjana; Trakić, Tanja; Sekulić, Jovana; James, Samuel W.; Csuzdi, Csaba; Decaëns, Thibaud; Lapied, Emmanuel; Phillips, Helen R. P.; Cameron, Erin K.; Brown, George G. (2023). Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution. Zootaxa. 5255(1): 417-438., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5255.1.33
page(s): 422 [details] Available for editors

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