Marine Species Traits - Metopidiothrix werneri Shear, 2002

Traits taxon details

Metopidiothrix werneri Shear, 2002

AphiaID

944259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944259)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Metopidiothrix Attems, 1907

Original name

Metopidiothrix werneri Shear, 2002

Environment

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

Original description

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): 886 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Metopidiothrix werneri Shear, 2002. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944259 on 2026-10-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Metopidiothrix werneri Shear, 2002. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944259 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2017-01-20 09:14:01Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

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Attributes (3)

original description 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): 886 [details]

additional source Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E.; Gurda, G. T. (2005). The millipede type specimens in the Collections of the Field Museum of Natural History (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Zootaxa, 1005: 3-61, available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1005.1.1/8674
page(s): 17; note: type data [details]

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