Marine Species Traits - Scoterpes Cope, 1872

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Scoterpes Cope, 1872

Scoterpes copei

AphiaID

892551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892551)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Scoterpes copei (Packard, 1871) (type by original designation)

Parent

Trichopetalinae Verhoeff, 1914

Direct children (15)

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Species Scoterpes alabama Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943
Species Scoterpes blountensis Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes copei (Packard, 1871)
Species Scoterpes hesperus Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes jackdanieli Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes musicarustica Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes nudus Chamberlin, 1946
Species Scoterpes sollmani Lewis, 2000
Species Scoterpes stewartpecki Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes syntheticus (Shear, 1972)
Species Scoterpes tombarri Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes tricorner Shear, 2010
Species Scoterpes ventus Shear, 1972
Species Scoterpes willreevesi Shear, 2010

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Cope, E.D. (1872). On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6: 406-422.
page(s): 414 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Scoterpes Cope, 1872. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892551 on 2026-01-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Scoterpes Cope, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892551 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2024-03-22 01:39:24Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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original description Cope, E.D. (1872). On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6: 406-422.
page(s): 414 [details]

additional source Shear, W. A. (2003). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, part 1: Introduction and genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 321: 1-36. Auckland [details]

additional source Shear, William Albert. (2010). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 2385: 1-62 [details]

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Scoterpes copei

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