Marine Species Traits - Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)

Traits name details

Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950)

AphiaID

944927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944927)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)

Rank

Species

Parent

Abacion Rafinesque, 1820

Original name

Spirostrephon highlandense Hoffman, 1950

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Hoffman, R. L. (1950). Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 66(1): 11-33
page(s): 17 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944927 on 2026-08-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Abacion highlandense (Hoffman, 1950). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944927 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

2024-03-29 22:08:13Z

changed

Hennen, Derek

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Hoffman, R. L. (1950). Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 66(1): 11-33
page(s): 17 [details]

source of synonymy Shelley, R. M. (1984). A synopsis of the milliped genus Abacion Rafinesque (Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62: 980-988, available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z84-137 [details]