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Caraibodesmus Chamberlin, 1918
891212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891212)
accepted
Genus
Caraibodesmus bruesi Chamberlin, 1918 (type by original designation)
- Species Caraibodesmus acutipes Loomis, 1975
- Species Caraibodesmus bruesi Chamberlin, 1918
- Species Caraibodesmus criniger Loomis, 1937
- Species Caraibodesmus formosus (Pocock, 1894)
- Species Caraibodesmus lewisi Hoffman, 1979
- Species Caraibodesmus mammatus (Pocock, 1894)
- Species Caraibodesmus morantus (Karsch, 1881)
- Species Caraibodesmus pellus Chamberlin, 1918
- Species Caraibodesmus pictus Loomis, 1969
- Species Caraibodesmus sculpturatus Loomis, 1975
- Species Caraibodesmus verrucosus (Pocock, 1894)
- Species Caraibodesmus tuberculatus (Attems, 1998) (uncertain)
- Species Caraibodesmus insignis Chamberlin, 1918 accepted as Beatadesmus insignis (Chamberlin, 1918)
- Species Caraibodesmus magnus (Bollman, 1888) accepted as Amphelictogon magnus (Bollman, 1888)
- Species Caraibodesmus mauritii (Brandt, 1839) accepted as Ricodesmus mauritii (Brandt, 1839)
- Species Caraibodesmus sallei (DeSaussure, 1860) accepted as Beatadesmus sallei (DeSaussure, 1860)
masculine
Chamberlin, R. V. (1918). The Chilopoda and Diplopoda of the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 62(5): 151-262. Cambridge,Mass, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2801975
page(s): 232 [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Caraibodesmus Chamberlin, 1918. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891212 on 2026-09-11
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original description
Chamberlin, R. V. (1918). The Chilopoda and Diplopoda of the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 62(5): 151-262. Cambridge,Mass, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2801975
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1979). Chelodesmid studies. XIV. On the systematic status of the genera Caraibodesmus and Platyurodesmus, and the proposal of the new tribe Caraibodesmini. Myriapodologica, 1 (2): 9-18. Radford
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 154; note: in Chelodesmini, no tribe assigned [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): 268; note: 11 species endemic to Jamaica, genus placed in the Caraibodesmini [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Loomis, H. F. (1969). Millipeds from Jamaican caves. Florida Entomologist, 52(3): 141-145, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3493848
page(s): 141 [details]
additional source Loomis, H. F. (1975). New millipeds in a noteworthy collection from Jamaica. Florida Entomologist, 58: 167-185, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3493402
page(s): 173; note: with key to 10 species [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M.; Kiser, S. B. (2000). Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede, Scolopendra gigantea L. 1758, with an account on S. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae). Tropical Zoology, 13: 159-170, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2000.10531129
page(s): 89 [details]
status source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 69: 1-487. Berlin.
page(s): 196; note: genus uncertain [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1979). Chelodesmid studies. XIV. On the systematic status of the genera Caraibodesmus and Platyurodesmus, and the proposal of the new tribe Caraibodesmini. Myriapodologica, 1 (2): 9-18. Radford
page(s): 14 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 154; note: in Chelodesmini, no tribe assigned [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): 268; note: 11 species endemic to Jamaica, genus placed in the Caraibodesmini [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 252 [details]
additional source Loomis, H. F. (1969). Millipeds from Jamaican caves. Florida Entomologist, 52(3): 141-145, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3493848
page(s): 141 [details]
additional source Loomis, H. F. (1975). New millipeds in a noteworthy collection from Jamaica. Florida Entomologist, 58: 167-185, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3493402
page(s): 173; note: with key to 10 species [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M.; Kiser, S. B. (2000). Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede, Scolopendra gigantea L. 1758, with an account on S. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae). Tropical Zoology, 13: 159-170, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2000.10531129
page(s): 89 [details]
status source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> 69: 1-487. Berlin.
page(s): 196; note: genus uncertain [details]
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