Orphnaeus brevilabiatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Oryidae |
Genus: | Orphnaeus |
Species: | O. brevilabiatus
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Binomial name | |
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus (Newport, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
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Orphnaeus brevilabiatus is a species of centipede in the family Oryidae. [1] [2]
Adult specimens are typically 60-65 mm long, yellowish-orange in colour and ca. 1 mm wide at the head. [3] Females can have from 73 to 85 pairs of legs, whereas males can have from 67 to 77 pairs, most often 73 pairs. [4] A specimen from Madagascar with even fewer legs (53 pairs, sex not reported) [5] features the minimum number recorded in the family Orydae. [6]
It is a littoral myriapod that can be found throughout sublittoral zones of Indian and East Pacific countries, [7] including Taiwan and Japan, in particular the Okinawan, Yaeyama and Miyama islands, where it is listed as a threatened local population. [3] It has been introduced to south-west Western Australia. [8]
The species is one of several bioluminescent centipede genera currently known. [3] Upon direct chemical, thermal and physical stimulation, the centipede secretes a clear, but bioluminescent slime from pores in its sternal defense glands, supposedly a form of aposematism. [9] While several genera display this form of bioluminescence, utilising the typical oxygen-dependent luciferin-luciferase reaction, this example is noteworthy due to the low, narrow pH range of the reaction, and the relatively long period of emission. [10]
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Orphnaeus brevilabiatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Oryidae |
Genus: | Orphnaeus |
Species: | O. brevilabiatus
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Binomial name | |
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus (Newport, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
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Orphnaeus brevilabiatus is a species of centipede in the family Oryidae. [1] [2]
Adult specimens are typically 60-65 mm long, yellowish-orange in colour and ca. 1 mm wide at the head. [3] Females can have from 73 to 85 pairs of legs, whereas males can have from 67 to 77 pairs, most often 73 pairs. [4] A specimen from Madagascar with even fewer legs (53 pairs, sex not reported) [5] features the minimum number recorded in the family Orydae. [6]
It is a littoral myriapod that can be found throughout sublittoral zones of Indian and East Pacific countries, [7] including Taiwan and Japan, in particular the Okinawan, Yaeyama and Miyama islands, where it is listed as a threatened local population. [3] It has been introduced to south-west Western Australia. [8]
The species is one of several bioluminescent centipede genera currently known. [3] Upon direct chemical, thermal and physical stimulation, the centipede secretes a clear, but bioluminescent slime from pores in its sternal defense glands, supposedly a form of aposematism. [9] While several genera display this form of bioluminescence, utilising the typical oxygen-dependent luciferin-luciferase reaction, this example is noteworthy due to the low, narrow pH range of the reaction, and the relatively long period of emission. [10]
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