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]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Description edit
Centipedes in this genus are melanised in patches, and their ultimate legs are basally swollen and distally flattened. These centipedes range from 2 cm to 3 cm in length and have about 69 pairs of legs.[3]
Distribution edit
The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is the Marshall Islands.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 13: 198–270 [227].
- ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
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