Biology:Eucratonyx
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Short description: Genus of centipedes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Gonibregmatidae |
| Genus: | Eucratonyx |
| Type species | |
| Eucratonyx meinerti Pocock, 1889
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Eucratonyx is a genus of centipedes in the family Gonibregmatidae. It was described in 1898 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from about 8 cm to 13 cm in length, have 103 to 129 pairs of legs, and are found from the Andaman Islands to New Britain.[3] The smallest species in this genus, Eucratonyx hamatus, can reach 85 mm in length and range from 103 pairs of legs (in males) to 125 pairs (in females); the largest species, E. meinerti, can reach 130 mm in length and range from 103 leg pairs to 129 pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus.[4]
Species
There are two valid species:[2]
- Eucratonyx hamatus Pocock, 1899
- Eucratonyx meinerti (Pocock, 1889)
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpocock1898 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/270.
- ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". in Minelli, Alessandro. The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/812207443.
- ↑ Attems, Carl (1929) (in de). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha. De Gruyter. pp. 341–342. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111430638/html.
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