Himantarium
Appearance
Himantarium | |
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Himantarium gabrielis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Himantariidae |
Genus: | Himantarium (C.L. Koch, 1847) |
Himantarium is a genus of centipedes in the family Himantariidae. Centipedes in this genus range from 10 cm to 20 cm in length, have from 87 to 179 pairs of legs, and are found in the Mediterranean region.[1]
Species
- Himantarium gabrielis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Himantarium mediterraneum (Meinert, 1870)
References
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
- ^ "BioLib: Biological library".
- Minelli A., Bonato L. (2006) "European geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha): a complete synonymical list with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes"