Hobby culture
Tiny Green
Trade name Probable
A culture sold as Tiny Green. The working identification is Xenylla humicola.
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
- Trade name
The origin of this stock is not documented.
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The species it matches
The working identification, and how it was reached.
Xenylla humicola- Name form
- Exact name The name has been matched against the published description.
- How sure
- Probable More likely than not, with gaps left.
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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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What do the published descriptions say about species that only have a hobby name here?
Identification Open
Why it matters. Several pages are stubs because no description was read for this site. Their identification traits, size and range are therefore blank.
What would help. The original and modern descriptions of each species, with measured lengths and diagnostic characters, added with proper citations.
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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.