Biology:Zelanophilidae

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Short description: Family of centipedes

Zelanophilidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Class:
Chilopoda
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Family:
Zelanophilidae

Bonato, Drago and Murienne, 2014

Zelanophilidae is a family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Geophiloidea.[1][2] Centipedes in this family are found in the Australasian region.[1] The smallest species in this family, Tasmanophilus spenceri, measures only 23 mm in length and has only 39 pairs of legs,[3] the minimum number recorded in this family.[4] The largest species in this family, Australiophilus ferrugineus, can reach 120 mm in length and can have as many as 109 leg pairs.[3][4] The species Australiophilus longissimus can reach 72 mm in length and can have as many as 117 leg pairs,[5] the maximum number recorded in this family.[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bonato, Lucio; Drago, Leandro; Murienne, Jerome (2014). "Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence". Cladistics. The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society 30 (5): 485–507. doi:10.1111/cla.12060. PMID 34794246. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "ITIS Standard Report Page: Zelanophilidae". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092055. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2 (1): 43–70 [47, 52-53]. ISSN 0067-0464. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42905967. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. 
  5. Attems, Carl (1929) (in de). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha. De Gruyter. pp. 212. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111430638/html. 

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