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Geophilus Leach, 1814
Necrophloeophagus Newport, 1842 · unaccepted (synonymy)
- Species Geophilus admarinus Chamberlin, 1952
- Species Geophilus algarum Brölemann, 1909
- Species Geophilus becki Chamberlin, 1951
- Species Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778)
- Species Geophilus fucorum Brölemann, 1900
- Species Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870
- Species Geophilus pusillifrater Verhoeff, 1898
- Species Geophilus maritimus Leach, 1817 accepted as Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817) (basionym)
marine, terrestrial
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 [details] 
WoRMS (2025). Geophilus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105481 on 2025-07-16
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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 [details]
basis of record Minelli, A. (2001). Chilopoda and Diplopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 323 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Minelli, A. (2001). Chilopoda and Diplopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 323 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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