Biology:Geophilus gracilis
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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. gracilis
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| Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870
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Geophilus gracilis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found most commonly in Britain and Ireland, though specimens have also been recorded in Chile, France, Greece, and Algeria.[1][2] It lives under mud and stones along the coast near or below the high tide mark, grows up to 30 millimeters in length, has between 51 and 57 leg pairs, and is bright yellow in color with a darker reddish head.[3] It is often confused with G. flavus and, in coastal locations, G. osquidatum.[4]
Taxonomy
G. gracilis was found to be synonymous with G. fucorum seurati, a subspecies of G. fucorum,[5] and is closely related to both G. algarum and G. fucorum. It is differentiated from the two by 3–5 labral teeth, an absence of a clear clypeal area, 7–15 prehensorial teeth, 2–5 ventral (posterior) pores, and a claw of the anal leg that ranges from small to large. Several characters of G. gracilis are intermediate between those of G. algarum and G. fucorum, leading some to believe that the three are a single polytypic species consisting of highly individual subspecies.[6]
References
- ↑ "Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394510.
- ↑ Barber, Anthony D. (2009). "Littoral myriapods: a review". Soil Organisms 81 (3): 735–760. https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/33_barber.pdf. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Geophilus fucorum seurati Brölemann, 1924". https://www.bmig.org.uk/species/geophilus-fucorum-seurati#tabs-0-tabs-1.
- ↑ Webb, Jon (2015). Natural England Commissioned Report NECR186 - A review of the millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and woodlice (Isopoda) of Great Britain (Species Status No. 23 ed.). Natural England. pp. 75–76. ISBN 978-1-78354-234-5. http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/4924476719366144. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ↑ "Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394510.
- ↑ Lewis, J.G.E (1962). "The Ecology, Taxonomy, and Distribution of the Centipedes Found on the Shore in the Plymouth Area". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 42 (3): 655–664. doi:10.1017/S0025315400054333. http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/2174/1/The_ecology,_distribution_and_taxonomy_of_the_centipedes_found_on_the_shore_in_the_Plymouth_area.pdf. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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