Eucratonyx is a genus of centipedes in the family Gonibregmatidae. This genus was described in 1898 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2] Centipedes in this genus are found from the Andaman Islands to New Britain.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Gonibregmatidae |
| Genus: | Eucratonyx Pocock, 1898[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eucratonyx meinerti Pocock, 1889
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Description edit
Centipedes in this genus feature a concave labral margin fringed by denticles, sternal pores in two anterior paired groups and a posterior band, enlarged claws on some anterior legs with a very elongate basal branch, and coalescent female gonopods. These centipedes range from about 8 cm to 13 cm in length and have 103 to 129 pairs of legs.[3] The smallest species in this genus, Eucratonyx hamatus, can reach 85 mm in length and range from 103 pairs of legs (in males) to 125 pairs (in females); the largest species, E. meinerti, can reach 130 mm in length and range from 103 leg pairs to 129 pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus.[4]
Species edit
There are two valid species:[2]
- Eucratonyx hamatus Pocock, 1899
- Eucratonyx meinerti (Pocock, 1889)
References edit
- ^ a b Pocock, RI (1899). "Report on the centipedes and millipedes obtained by Dr A. Willey in the Loyalty Islands New Britain and elsewhere". In Willey, A (ed.). Zoological Results based on material from New Britain New Guinea Loyalty Isles and elsewhere. Vol. 1. Cambridge: University Press. pp. 59–74 [66].
- ^ 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 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 341–342. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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