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MilliBase taxon details

Metaphora Redman, 2003

AphiaID

893024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893024)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Spirostreptus spirobolinus Karsch, 1881 accepted as Metaphora spirobolina (Karsch, 1881)

Parent

Harpagophoridae Attems, 1909

Direct children (1)
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Species Metaphora spirobolina (Karsch, 1881)

Environment

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

Original description

Redman, G. T.; Hamer, M. L.; Barraclough, D. A. (2003). Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species. African Invertebrates, 44(2): 203-277
page(s): 228 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in South Africa (country)

type locality contained in South Africa (country) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. (2021). MilliBase. Metaphora Redman, 2003. Accessed at: http://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893024 on 2023-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-05-25 07:42:56Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Redman, G. T.; Hamer, M. L.; Barraclough, D. A. (2003). Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species. African Invertebrates, 44(2): 203-277
page(s): 228 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M.; Golovatch, S. I. (2015). Nomenclator Generum et Familiarum Diplopodorum III. A list of the Genus-, Family-, and Ordinal-Group names proposed in the Class Diplopoda from 1 January 2000 – 31 December 2014. <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 24(1)1-26., available online at http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/24/24_1_001_026_Shelley_Golovatch.pdf
page(s): 7 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality