Sepedonophilus attemsii is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.[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: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Sepedonophilus |
| Species: | S. attemsii
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| Sepedonophilus attemsii | |
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Description edit
The original description of this species is based on female specimens ranging from 23 mm to 36 mm in length with 53 or 55 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution edit
The species occurs in north-eastern Queensland.[3]
Behaviour edit
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17 (3): 1–62 [60].
- ^ 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 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Eurytion attemsi Verhoeff, 1925". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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