Biology:Geophilus anonyx
| Geophilus anonyx | |
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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: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. anonyx
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus anonyx (Chamberlin, 1941)
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Geophilus anonyx is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found in Oregon.[2] It was originally placed in the genus Brachygeophilus based on the lack of sternal pores, a character shared with the type species B. truncorum[3] (now Geophilus truncorum), however it was later moved to Geophilus.[2]
Description
G. anonyx has 57 leg pairs and grows to a length of 24 millimeters. It's characterized by a prosternum lacking chitinous lines; dorsal plates distinctly bisulcate (cloven); spiracles all circular, last ventral plate narrow; coxal pores small, about a dozen on each side; anal pores present, distinct; and anal legs with tarsus biarticulate, without terminal claw.[4] Like G. tampophor, it differs from other western American geophilids by having prehensorial claws armed at the base, however unlike G. tampophor it possesses unarmed anal claws and a greater number of legs.[5]
References
- ↑ "ITIS - Report: Geophilus anonyx". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092536#null.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Geophilus anonyx (Chamberlin,1941)". https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/3016.
- ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro; Zapparoli, Marzio (2008). "Morphology, taxonomy and distribution of Diphyonyx gen. n., a lineage of geophilid centipedes with unusually shaped claws (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Entomology 105 (2). doi:10.14411/eje.2008.041. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242454325_Morphology_taxonomy_and_distribution_of_Diphyonyx_gen_n_a_lineage_of_geophilid_centipedes_with_unusually_shaped_claws_Chilopoda_Geophilidae. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1941). "New genera and species of north American geophiloid centipedes". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 34 (4): 773-790. doi:10.1093/aesa/34.4.773. https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/34/4/773/111444?login=true. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1953). "Two New Oregon Chilopods of the Order Geophilida". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 60: 3. doi:10.1155/1953/47646. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1953/047646/. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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