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Gonibregmatidae are a paraphyletic (with respect to Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae) family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Geophiloidea. [1] [2]
Centipedes in this family feature a short head and mandibles with a single row of short teeth. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within as well as among species and ranges from 57 to 191. [3] These centipedes are very elongated with a high mean number of trunk segments (often greater than 100) and great variability in this number within species. [4] The minimum number of legs recorded in this family (57 pairs) appears in the species Himantosoma bidivisum. [5] This family includes the species Gonibregmatus plurimipes, which can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in the class Chilopoda. [6]
Centipedes in this family are found in Madagascar, India, southeast Asia, and Australasia, and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Gonibregmatidae | |
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Family: | Gonibregmatidae
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Gonibregmatidae are a paraphyletic (with respect to Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae) family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Geophiloidea. [1] [2]
Centipedes in this family feature a short head and mandibles with a single row of short teeth. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within as well as among species and ranges from 57 to 191. [3] These centipedes are very elongated with a high mean number of trunk segments (often greater than 100) and great variability in this number within species. [4] The minimum number of legs recorded in this family (57 pairs) appears in the species Himantosoma bidivisum. [5] This family includes the species Gonibregmatus plurimipes, which can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in the class Chilopoda. [6]
Centipedes in this family are found in Madagascar, India, southeast Asia, and Australasia, and on islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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