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Caribocyclus Loomis, 1959
1790824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1790824)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Cyclodesmus angustipes Loomis, 1936 accepted as Haplocyclodesmus angustipes (Loomis, 1936) (type by original designation)
masculine
Loomis, H. F. (1959). Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49: 157-163
page(s): 160; note: clearly designated C. angustipes as the 'genotype' [details]
page(s): 160; note: clearly designated C. angustipes as the 'genotype' [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Caribocyclus Loomis, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjqf%27%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjqf;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1790824 on 2025-09-11
original description
Loomis, H. F. (1959). Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49: 157-163
page(s): 160; note: clearly designated C. angustipes as the 'genotype' [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): 407; note: listed as Caraibocyclus in the synonymy of Haplocyclodesmus; using the subsequent incorrect spelling of Caraibocyclus [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M.; Sierwald, P.; Kiser, S. B.; Golovatch, S. I. (2000). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum II. 1-167. Sofia
note: inadvertently omitted in Shelley et al., 2000 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 161; note: listed as a junior synonym to Haplocyclodesmus, spelled as: Caribocyclus [details]
page(s): 160; note: clearly designated C. angustipes as the 'genotype' [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): 407; note: listed as Caraibocyclus in the synonymy of Haplocyclodesmus; using the subsequent incorrect spelling of Caraibocyclus [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M.; Sierwald, P.; Kiser, S. B.; Golovatch, S. I. (2000). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum II. 1-167. Sofia
note: inadvertently omitted in Shelley et al., 2000 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 161; note: listed as a junior synonym to Haplocyclodesmus, spelled as: Caribocyclus [details]
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