Biology:Marshallopus

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Short description: Genus of centipedes

Marshallopus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Oryidae
Genus: Marshallopus
Verhoeff, 1937[1]
Type species
Orphnaeus platypedatus
Takakuwa, 1934

Marshallopus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1937. The sole species is Marshallopus platypedatus (Takakuwa, 1934).[1][2]

Description

The centipedes range from 2 cm to 3 cm in length and have about 69 pairs of legs.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is the Marshall Islands.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 13: 198–270 [227]. 
  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/490. Retrieved 3 April 2023. 
  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. 

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