African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974

AfReMaS name details

Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974

AphiaID

257588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257588)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tylos minor Dollfus, 1893

Rank

Species

Parent

Tylos Audouin, 1826

Original name

Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ferrara, F. (1974) Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the dune of Sar Unale. 3. Terrestrial isopods. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (Nuovo Serie) Supplemento 5(15):191-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1974.10736801 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257588 on 2026-07-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Tylos africanus Ferrara, 1974. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257588 on 2026-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-03 13:02:48Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-10-10 19:47:34Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

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original description Ferrara, F. (1974) Researches on the coast of Somalia. The shore and the dune of Sar Unale. 3. Terrestrial isopods. Monitore Zoologico Italiano (Nuovo Serie) Supplemento 5(15):191-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1974.10736801 [details]

basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]

additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS