Marine Species Traits - Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847

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Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847

AphiaID

892556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892556)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Scytonotus scabricollis C. L. Koch, 1847 accepted as Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815

Direct children (16)

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Species Scytonotus australis Hoffman, 1962
Species Scytonotus bergrothi Chamberlin, 1911
Species Scytonotus columbianus Chamberlin, 1920
Species Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821)
Species Scytonotus inornatus Shelley, 1994
Species Scytonotus insulanus Attems, 1931
Species Scytonotus piger Chamberlin, 1910
Species Scytonotus simplex Chamberlin, 1941
Species Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)
Species Scytonotus nodulosus C. L. Koch, 1847 (uncertain)
Species Scytonotus cavernarus Bollman, 1887 accepted as Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821)
Species Scytonotus laevicollis C. L. Koch, 1847 accepted as Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821)
Species Scytonotus michauxi Hoffman, 1962 accepted as Scytonotus virginicus michauxi Hoffman, 1962
Species Scytonotus orthodox Chamberlin, 1925 accepted as Scytonotus piger Chamberlin, 1910
Species Scytonotus pallidus Attems, 1931 accepted as Scytonotus bergrothi Chamberlin, 1911
Species Scytonotus scabricollis C. L. Koch, 1847 accepted as Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Koch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands. 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094
page(s): 130 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892556 on 2026-06-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892556 on 2026-06-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

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Spelda, Jörg

2023-02-16 19:44:12Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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original description Koch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands. 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094
page(s): 130 [details]

additional source Porat, C. O. von. (1889). Nya bidrag till skandinaviska halföns Myriapodologi. Entomologisk tidskrift. 1889: 33- 48, 65 - 80, 113-148; Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28242406
page(s): 73 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (1994). Revision of the millipede genus Scytonotus Koch (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). Brimleyana. 19: 1-60.
note: Actual publication date (1994) differs from stated date in the publication (1993), see Poly (2009). [details]

additional source Poly, W. J. (2009). Brimleyana(1979–1998): publication dates of issues and zoological names. Archives of Natural History. 36(1): 100-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.3366/e0260954108000661
page(s): 106; note: Gives actual publication date for Scytonotus inornatus as 1994 rather than 1993. [details] Available for editors

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1962). The milliped genus Scytonotus in eastern North America, with description of two new species. American Midland Naturalist, 67(1): 241-249, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2422832 [details]

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