Geophilus nicolanus

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Geophilus nicolanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. nicolanus
Binomial name
Geophilus nicolanus
Chamberlin, 1940

Geophilus nicolanus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae [1] found on San Nicholas Island, California. [2] [3] It's dark brown in color and grows up to 62 millimeters long, with 63 leg pairs, a concealed prebasal plate, numerous coxal pores, and a very wide final ventral plate with convex sides. [4]

G. nicolanus closely resembles G. becki , but differs by its color, lack of anal pores, by having the last tergite strongly convex instead of posteriorly truncate, and by having the prehensorial claws unarmed at the base. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Geophilus nicolanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ "Geophilus nicolanus Chamberlin, 1940". ChiloBase 2.0.
  3. ↑ "Geophilus nicolanus Chamberlin, 1940". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1940). "A new Geophilus from San Nicholas Island, m California". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 16 (1): 4.
  5. ↑ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1951). "Records of American millipeds and centipeds collected by Dr. D. Elden Beck in 1950". Great Basin Naturalist. 11: 27–35. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.22416 . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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