Geophilus claremontus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Claremont, California, after which it was named.[1] It was incorrectly placed in the genus Brachygeophilus in 1929 by Attems,[2] most likely based on the lack of sternal pores.[3][4]
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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: | Geophilus |
| Species: | G. claremontus
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| Binomial name | |
| Geophilus claremontus (Chamberlin, 1909)
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Description
editThe species grows up to 40 mm in length and has 65 leg pairs, the first of which is short and slender, the last of which bears a single claw each. The cephalic plate bears a frontal furrow as well as two longitudinal furrows diverging from the posterior edge. The pleural pores are ventral, about fifteen on each side; the most posterior pore is somewhat isolated and the inner row is covered by the final sternite. In addition, G. claremontus also possesses an anterior sternum with a median furrow and shallowly notched anterior edge. It was described as being apparently closely related to G. legiferens (now G. varians).[4]
References
edit- ^ "Geophilus claremontus Chamberlin, 1909". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Attems, Karl (1929). Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha. Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 1–388. ISBN 9783111065175. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Zapparoli, Marzio; Minelli, Alessandro (2008). "Morphology, taxonomy and distribution of Diphyonyx gen. n., a lineage of geophilid centipedes with unusually shaped claws (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 105 (2): 343–354. doi:10.14411/eje.2008.041. hdl:11577/2452453.
- ^ a b Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1909). "SOME RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOPHILIDAE AND LITHOBIIDAE". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2: 175–192. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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