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Geophilus glaber

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Geophilus glaber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Geophilus
Species:
G. glaber
Binomial name
Geophilus glaber
Bollman, 1887

Geophilus glaber is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found beneath logs and other debris[1] in California.[2] It grows up to 53 millimeters long, with a discrete frontal plate, large anal pores, and slender feet of the last legs.[3] The female of this species has 53 or 55 pairs of legs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1909). "Some Records of North American Geophilidae and Lithobiidae. With Description of New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2 (3): 175–195. doi:10.1093/aesa/2.3.175.
  2. ^ "Geophilus glaber Bollman, 1887". ChiloBase 2.0.
  3. ^ a b Bollman, Charles H. (1887). "Descriptions of new genera and species of north american Myriapoda (Julidae.)". Entomologica Americana. 2: 225–229 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.