Biology:Eucratonyx

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Short description: Genus of centipedes

Eucratonyx
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Gonibregmatidae
Genus: Eucratonyx
Type species
Eucratonyx meinerti
Pocock, 1889

Eucratonyx is a genus of centipedes in the family Gonibregmatidae. It was described in 1898 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]

Description

Centipedes in this genus range from about 8 cm to 13 cm in length, have 103 to 129 pairs of legs, and are found from the Andaman Islands to New Britain.[3] The smallest species in this genus, Eucratonyx hamatus, can reach 85 mm in length and range from 103 pairs of legs (in males) to 125 pairs (in females); the largest species, E. meinerti, can reach 130 mm in length and range from 103 leg pairs to 129 pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus.[4]

Species

There are two valid species:[2]

  • Eucratonyx hamatus Pocock, 1899
  • Eucratonyx meinerti (Pocock, 1889)

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/270. 
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". in Minelli, Alessandro. The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812207443. 
  4. Attems, Carl (1929) (in de). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha. De Gruyter. pp. 341–342. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111430638/html. 

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