Acanthogeophilus spiniger

Acanthogeophilus spiniger[1][2] is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Northwest Africa.[3] The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 27 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs.[4] It was first assigned to the genus Geophilus, but was moved to Acanthogeophilus in 1999 by Foddai and Minelli.[5] Like other species in its genus, it is characterized by incomplete chitin lines, complete coxopleural sutures, stout legs, and a claw-like pretarsus.[6]

Acanthogeophilus spiniger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Acanthogeophilus
Species:
A. spiniger
Binomial name
Acanthogeophilus spiniger
(Meinert, 1870)

References

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  1. ^ "Acanthogeophilus spiniger Meinert, 1870". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Acanthogeophilus spiniger". www.itis.gov. itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  3. ^ Minelli, Alessandro (2011-03-21). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda. Brill. p. 416. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. ^ Attems, Karl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 326. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
  5. ^ "Acanthogeophilus spiniger (Meinert,1870)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ^ Bonato, Lucio (2016-09-21). "An unusually elongate endogeic centipede from Sardinia (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (231): 4. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.231. hdl:11577/3189380. Retrieved 24 October 2021.