Biology:Geophilus alzonis

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Short description: Centipede

Geophilus alzonis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. alzonis
Binomial name
Geophilus alzonis
(Attems, 1952)

Geophilus alzonis is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae[1] found in Monte Alzo near Tolosa in Spain, which it was named after.[2] It's a poorly defined species[3][4] that was described as being light yellow with a light chestnut brown head and 13-14 mm long, with small but numerous leg bristles, sternites bearing three longitudinal furrows, a carpophagus formation from segments 3-6 to segments 11th-13, and 37-51 leg pairs.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6508333 entry