Orya barbarica is a species of centipedes belonging to the family Oryidae.[1]
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| Orya barbarica from Tunisia. Museum specimen | |
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| Species: | O. barbarica
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| Orya barbarica (Gervais, 1835)
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This North African species is notable for its large size,[2] reaching a length of 15–17 centimetres (5.9–6.7 in).[3][4] This species has from 107 to 125 pairs of legs.[5]
References edit
- ^ Biolib
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chilopoda (Centipedes)
- ^ J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites
- ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 110. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
- J. G. E. Lewis The Biology of Centipedes
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