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MilliBase taxon details

Jeekelia Loomis, 1950

AphiaID

891836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891836)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Melanodesmus granulosus Loomis, 1941 accepted as Jeekelia granulosa (Loomis, 1941)

Parent

Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896

Synonymised names

Melanodesmus Loomis, 1941 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Melanodesmus Carl,...)

preoccupied by Melanodesmus Carl, 1914, Diplopoda

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Species Jeekelia granulosa (Loomis, 1941)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Loomis, H. F. (1950). Synonymy of some native American and introduced millipeds. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 40: 164-166
page(s): 166; note: new name for Melanodesmus Loomis, 1941, preoccupied by Melanodesmus Carl, 1914 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Jeekelia Loomis, 1950. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891836 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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Sources (3)

original description Loomis, H. F. (1950). Synonymy of some native American and introduced millipeds. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 40: 164-166
page(s): 166; note: new name for Melanodesmus Loomis, 1941, preoccupied by Melanodesmus Carl, 1914 [details]

original description (of Melanodesmus Loomis, 1941) 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): 73 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville
page(s): 487 [details]