Biology:Steneurytion
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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: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Steneurytion |
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Steneurytion is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae. It was first described by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems in 1909.[1][2]
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from about 2 cm to about 4 cm in length, can have 37 to 53 pairs of legs, and are found in Australia , New Zealand, and Hawaii.[3] The species S. dux is notable for its large size (up to 44 mm in length) and for having as many as 53 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus.[4]
Species
Valid species:[2]
- Steneurytion antipodum (Pocock, 1891)
- Steneurytion dux (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Steneurytion hawaiiensis (Chamberlin, 1953)
- Steneurytion incisunguis (Attems, 1911)
- Steneurytion mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1925)
- Steneurytion morbosus (Hutton, 1877)
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedattems1909 - ↑ 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/410.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2 (1): 43–70 [55-56]. ISSN 0067-0464. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42905967.
Wikidata ☰ Q6506441 entry
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