Galapagos Species Database
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Prosopodesmus jacobsoni
Widespread eyeless species. Found in soil. Decomposers. Was found within all vegetation zones from arid zone to summit fern-sedge zone except in the Scalesia zone. Also very frequent in caves. Normally only on inhabited islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Polydesmida
Suborder
Polydesmidea
Family
Haplodesmidae
Genus
Prosopodesmus
Species
jacobsoni
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1964
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Volcán Sierra Negra, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
- Shear, W.A. Peck, S.B. (1987) Millipeds (Diplopoda) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 65(11): 2640-2645.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Prosopodesmus jacobsoni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6839. Accessed 31 October 2026.