Strigamia crassipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Linotaeniidae |
Genus: | Strigamia |
Species: | S. crassipes
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Binomial name | |
Strigamia crassipes (
C. L. Koch, 1835)
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Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Strigamia crassipes is a centipede belonging to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha. [3]
Strigamia crassipes is red in colour and has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw. This species can reach 56 mm in length. [4] Males of this species have 45 to 57 pairs of legs; females have 45 to 59 pairs. [4] The number of legs distinguishes this species from S. acuminata, which has only 37 to 41 leg pairs in males and 39 to 43 pairs in females. [4] The specific name crassipes is Latin for "thick leg." [5]
This centipede produces a bioluminescent substance in its sternal glands and secretes it through the sternal pore fields; it is yellow or blue in colour. [6]
Strigamia crassipes lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales, and elsewhere in Europe. [7] [8]
Strigamia crassipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Linotaeniidae |
Genus: | Strigamia |
Species: | S. crassipes
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Binomial name | |
Strigamia crassipes (
C. L. Koch, 1835)
| |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
|
Strigamia crassipes is a centipede belonging to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha. [3]
Strigamia crassipes is red in colour and has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw. This species can reach 56 mm in length. [4] Males of this species have 45 to 57 pairs of legs; females have 45 to 59 pairs. [4] The number of legs distinguishes this species from S. acuminata, which has only 37 to 41 leg pairs in males and 39 to 43 pairs in females. [4] The specific name crassipes is Latin for "thick leg." [5]
This centipede produces a bioluminescent substance in its sternal glands and secretes it through the sternal pore fields; it is yellow or blue in colour. [6]
Strigamia crassipes lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales, and elsewhere in Europe. [7] [8]