Biology:Pachymerellus
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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: | Pachymerellus Chamberlin, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin,1920
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Pachymerellus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[2] The smaller Mexican species, Pachymerellus dentifer, measures only 16 mm in length and has only 43 pairs of legs,[3] whereas the larger species, P. zygethus, measures 33 mm in length and can have from 47 to 65 leg pairs.[4]
Species
Valid species:[2]
- Pachymerellus dentifer (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920
References
- ↑ Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 64: 1–269 [51].
- ↑ 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/371. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1943). "On Mexican Centipeds". Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological Series 7 (3): 1-55 [17]. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b85sxw.
- ↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2 (1): 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42905967.
Wikidata ☰ Q6506420 entry
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