Pachymerellus zygethus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Pachymerellus |
Species: | P. zygethus
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Binomial name | |
Pachymerellus zygethus
Chamberlin, 1920
[1]
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Pachymerellus zygethus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia and New Zealand, and was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. [1] [2] [3]
This species features small denticles on the forcipular coxosternite and tarsungula, no sternal pores, and scattered coxal pores; the second maxillae have claws with small filaments. [4] The original description of this species is based on a specimen measuring about 35 mm in length with 55 pairs of legs, [1] but the number of segments in this species can range from as few as 47 to as many as 65. [3]
The species occurs in Tasmania and New Zealand. [3] [5]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [5]
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Pachymerellus zygethus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Pachymerellus |
Species: | P. zygethus
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Binomial name | |
Pachymerellus zygethus
Chamberlin, 1920
[1]
|
Pachymerellus zygethus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia and New Zealand, and was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. [1] [2] [3]
This species features small denticles on the forcipular coxosternite and tarsungula, no sternal pores, and scattered coxal pores; the second maxillae have claws with small filaments. [4] The original description of this species is based on a specimen measuring about 35 mm in length with 55 pairs of legs, [1] but the number of segments in this species can range from as few as 47 to as many as 65. [3]
The species occurs in Tasmania and New Zealand. [3] [5]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [5]
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