Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cyrtodesmus baerti
Milpiés, Greenhouse millipede
According to Shear & Peck (2018), only collected once. Surveys required to confirm its presence in the archipelago.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Polydesmida
Superfamily
Pyrgodesmoidea
Family
Cyrtodesmidae
Genus
Cyrtodesmus
Species
baerti
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cyrtodesmus sp. ;
Origin: Introduced - not established
Year of first record: 1996
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Historic record only
- Baert, L. Herrera, H.W. (2013) The Myriapoda of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) Belgian Journal of Entomology 14 :1-49
- Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (2000) New Records of Myriapoda (Centipedes and Millipedes) from the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galapagos 61: 14-16.
- Shear, W. A Peck, S. B. (2018) Cyrtodesmus baerti, n. sp., a cryptic millipede from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cyrtodesmidae) Zootaxa 4388 (3): 417–424
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cyrtodesmus baerti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25378. Accessed 31 October 2026.