Biology:Geomerinus
| Geomerinus | |
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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: | Geomerinus Brolemann, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Geophilus curtipes Haase, 1887[2]
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Geomerinus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was described by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann in 1912.[1] Its sole species is Geomerinus curtipes, originally described as Geophilus curtipes by Erich Haase in 1887.[3] It is endemic to Australia .[1][4]
Description
The original description of this species by Haase is based on a female specimen measuring 45 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs.[3] The description by Brolemann is based on a larger female specimen measuring 67 mm in length, also with 71 leg pairs.[1]
Distribution
The species occurs in north-eastern coastal Queensland and south-eastern coastal New South Wales.[5]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brolemann, HW (1912). "The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I. Chilopoda". Records of the Australian Museum 9: 37–75 [65]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1912.923.
- ↑ Haase, E (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5: 1–118 [109].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Haase, Erich (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 1 (5): 1-118 [109]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33469706#page/207/mode/1up.
- ↑ 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/322. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Species Geomerinus curtipes (Haase, 1887)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/30be59db-d302-4c5a-86ce-4824a5b2d1a1.
Wikidata ☰ Q18368015 entry
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