Marine Species Traits - Malayothrix Verhoeff, 1929

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Malayothrix Verhoeff, 1929

Metopidiothrix lacertosa

AphiaID

891970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891970)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Metopidiotrichidae Attems, 1907

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Species Malayothrix lacertosa (Attems, 1907)
Species Malayothrix papuani Shear, 1980

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Malayothrix Verhoeff, 1929. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891970 on 2026-09-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Malayothrix Verhoeff, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891970 on 2026-09-12

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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source of synonymy Shear, W. A. (2002). The milliped genus Metopidiothrix Attems (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Metopidiotrichidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 16: 849-892, available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02005
page(s): 859 [details]

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Metopidiothrix lacertosa

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