Tasmanophilus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Zelanophilidae |
Genus: |
Tasmanophilus Chamberlin, 1920 [1] |
Type species | |
Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920
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Synonyms | |
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Tasmanophilus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Zelanophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920. [2] Centipedes in this genus are found in Australia and New Zealand. [3]
Centipedes in this genus feature short forcipules with denticles, a broad forcipular coxosternite, anterior trunk metasternites with an unusual medial depression and pores arranged into an anterior pair of groups and a posterior transverse band, and scattered coxal pores; the claws of the second maxillae have small filaments, and the female gonopods are distinct and biarticulate. These centipedes range from about 2 cm to about 5 cm in length and have 39 to 69 pairs of legs. [3]
This genus includes two valid species: [2]
Tasmanophilus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Zelanophilidae |
Genus: |
Tasmanophilus Chamberlin, 1920 [1] |
Type species | |
Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920
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Synonyms | |
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Tasmanophilus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Zelanophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920. [2] Centipedes in this genus are found in Australia and New Zealand. [3]
Centipedes in this genus feature short forcipules with denticles, a broad forcipular coxosternite, anterior trunk metasternites with an unusual medial depression and pores arranged into an anterior pair of groups and a posterior transverse band, and scattered coxal pores; the claws of the second maxillae have small filaments, and the female gonopods are distinct and biarticulate. These centipedes range from about 2 cm to about 5 cm in length and have 39 to 69 pairs of legs. [3]
This genus includes two valid species: [2]