Hobby culture
Bright Orange
Colour or form line Tentative
A culture sold as Bright Orange. The working identification is Yuukianura aphoruroides.
Read this first
A colour morph is not a species. A colour word in a name does not name a taxon.
The identification is a working one. Do not cite it as a confirmed species.
What the name stands for
Three different things share one name. A culture is not a species, and a species is not the animals in your tub. Keeping them apart is how this site avoids repeating the trade's mistakes.
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The culture
A lineage kept in tubs and passed between keepers under one name. The name comes from the trade.
- Name type
- Colour or form line
The origin of this stock is not documented.
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The species it matches
The working identification, and how it was reached.
Yuukianura aphoruroides- Name form
- Exact name The name has been matched against the published description.
- How sure
- Tentative A best guess that needs checking.
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The animals checked
No specimen has been examined. The name rests on the trade label.
- Basis
- Trade label only
- Review
- Reviewed by a curator
Care advice follows the working identification. Check it against what you see.
What would settle it
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Is the Florida Orange Locality the same species as the Spanish Orange?
Identification Needs a specialist
Why it matters. Both stocks are now called Yuukianura aphoruroides, but the Florida stock was first named from images alone. The seller keeps them apart by locality.
What would help. Slide-mounted adults from both stocks, a COI barcode from each, and a record of where and when each was collected.
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Which species is this culture, checked by a specialist?
Identification Needs a voucher specimen
Why it matters. Hobby cultures are mostly named from a seller's label or a photograph. A wrong name spreads from seller to keeper and then into care advice.
What would help. Preserved vouchers from the culture in 80 to 95 percent ethanol, mounted specimens examined by a springtail specialist, and a DNA barcode where a reference exists. Deposit the voucher with a museum or a university collection.