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Geophilus nicolanus

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Species of centipede

Geophilus nicolanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 found on San Nicholas Island, California. 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.

Related Species

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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Geophilus nicolanus


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