Marine Species Traits - Metopidiothrix shelleyi Shear, 1994

Traits taxon details

Metopidiothrix shelleyi Shear, 1994

Metopidiothrix shelleyi

AphiaID

935657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:935657)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Metopidiothrix Attems, 1907

Original name

Metopidiothrix shelleyi Shear, 1994

Environment

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

Original description

Shear, W. A. (1994). Metopidiothrix shelleyi, the first chordeumatid milliped from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Metopidiotrichidae). Myriapodologica, 3(2): 13-17. Martinsville
page(s): 14 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Metopidiothrix shelleyi Shear, 1994. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=935657 on 2026-09-28

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Metopidiothrix shelleyi Shear, 1994. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=935657 on 2026-09-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-19 09:46:04Z

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Sierwald, Petra

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original description Shear, W. A. (1994). Metopidiothrix shelleyi, the first chordeumatid milliped from the Philippines (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Metopidiotrichidae). Myriapodologica, 3(2): 13-17. Martinsville
page(s): 14 [details]

additional source 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): 877 [details]

Definitions

From editor or global species database

Metopidiothrix shelleyi