Biology:Maoriella
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Short description: Genus of centipedes
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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: | Maoriella Attems, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| Maoriella aucklandica Attems, 1903
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Maoriella is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1903.[1][2] Species in this genus are found in New Zealand, Australia , and Tahiti.[3]
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from about 3 cm to 9 cm in length and have 41 to 91 pairs of legs.[3] The large species Maoriella aucklandica can reach 90 mm in length and can have as many as 91 leg pairs, the maximum number in this genus.[4] The small species M. zelanica measures 28 mm in length[5] and can have as few as 41 leg pairs, the minimum number in this genus.[6]
Species
There are six valid species:[2]
- Maoriella edentata Maoriella aucklandica
- Attems, 1903 Archey, 1936
- (Attems, 1947) Maoriella macrostigma
- Maoriella ecdema Attems, 1903
- Maoriella australis Crabill, 1964
- (Chamberlin, 1920) Maoriella zelanica
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Attems, C (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik 18: 155–302 [283].
- ↑ 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/349.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ Attems, Carl (1929) (in de). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha. De Gruyter. pp. 279. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111430638/html.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 64: 1-269 [48-49]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30743608#page/58/mode/1up.
- ↑ Crabill, R.E. (1964). "A preliminary review of Maoriella with description of a new species from the Chatham Islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Chilenophilidae)". Entomological News 75 (4): 85-97 [89, 93]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2692857#page/107/mode/1up.
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