| Alipes grandidieri | |
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| Preserved specimen in Harvard Museum of Natural History | |
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| Closeup of an ultimate leg | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Genus: | Alipes |
| Species: | A. grandidieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Alipes grandidieri | |
| Synonyms | |
Eucorybas Grandidieri Lucas 1864 | |
Alipes grandidieri, most commonly known as the feather-tail centipede, is a species of centipede. [2] It is a member of the genus Alipes and the family Scolopendridae. [2] It was first described from Zanzibar, as Eucorybas Grandidieri [sic] by Hippolyte Lucas in 1864. [3]
The species range is in eastern Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. [2]
It has distinctive, elongated ultimate legs with laterally-flattened pads on the distal portions, resembling feathers. When threatened they will shake these legs and make a hissing sound. [4] The body is 10–15 cm long. [4]
