Marine Species Traits - Docodesmus alifer Loomis, 1941

Traits taxon details

Docodesmus alifer Loomis, 1941

Docodesmus alifer

AphiaID

938324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:938324)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Docodesmus Cook, 1896

Original name

Docodesmus alifer Loomis, 1941

Environment

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

Original description

Loomis, H. F. (1941). Millipeds collected in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by Dr. P. J. Darlington in 1938. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 88(2): 17-80. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
page(s): 68 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Docodesmus alifer Loomis, 1941. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=938324 on 2026-01-21

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Docodesmus alifer Loomis, 1941. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=938324 on 2026-01-21

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-01-19 09:46:04Z

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Sierwald, Petra

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original description Loomis, H. F. (1941). Millipeds collected in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by Dr. P. J. Darlington in 1938. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 88(2): 17-80. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
page(s): 68 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410
page(s): 482 [details]

Definitions

From editor or global species database

Docodesmus alifer