| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Genus: | Alipes |
| Species: | A. grandidieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Alipes grandidieri (Lucas 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eucorybas Grandidieri Lucas 1864 | |
Alipes grandidieri, most commonly known as the feather-tail centipede, is a species of centipede. It is a member of the genus Alipes and the family Scolopendridae. It was first described from Zanzibar, as Eucorybas Grandidieri by Hippolyte Lucas in 1864.
The species range is in eastern Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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. The body is 10–15 cm long.
References
- Lucas H. (1864) Sur new nouvelle espèce de Scolopendridae (Eucorybas grandidieri), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. (4) 4: 420
- ^ Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D., Paglinawan LE, Bailly N., Kirk PM, Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (ed.) (June 2, 2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life : 2011 Annual Checklist." Species 2000: Reading, UK . Read September 24, 2012 . online at:http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/alipes+grandidieri/match/1
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Vol. 18. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. 1896.
- ^ Gauthier, Kelly; Csotonyi, Julius (2017). Discovering bugs (First ed.). Kennebunkport, ME: Applesauce Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-60433-689-4. OCLC 960033852.
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