Acanthogeophilus spiniger

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

Acanthogeophilus spiniger ^{[1] [2]} , the spine-bearing spiny geophilus, 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]

Etymology

The genus name Acanthogeophilus comes from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), meaning "spine, thorn", γεω- (geo-), meaning "earth", and φίλος (phílos), meaning "lover". The specific epithet spiniger comes from Latin spina, meaning "tooth", and -ger, meaning "bearing".

References

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.
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.