Acanthogeophilus

Acanthogeophilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Acanthogeophilus; Minelli, 1982[1]

Acanthogeophilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae, found in the centro-west part of the Mediterranean region. The species in this genus are slender, 2-3 centimeters long, with between 67-71 pairs of stout legs, peculiar spine-like processes on the ultimate legs,[2] a claw-like pretarsus, complete coxo-pleural sutures, incomplete chitin-lines, absence of a carpophagous pit, possession of only basal denticles, and a transverse band porefield with scattered, anterior pores on the coxopleuron.[3]

The genus contains the following species:

Acanthogeophilus dentifer Minelli, 1982
Acanthogeophilus spiniger (Meinert, 1870)

References

"Acanthogeophilus Minelli, 1982". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
Minelli, Alessandro (2011-03-21). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda. Brill. p. 416. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
Bonato, Lucio (2016). "An unusually elongate endogeic centipedefrom Sardinia (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (2118–9773): 1–19. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.231. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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[1] "Acanthogeophilus Minelli, 1982". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 23, 2021.

[2] Minelli, Alessandro (2011-03-21). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda. Brill. p. 416. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[3] Bonato, Lucio (2016). "An unusually elongate endogeic centipedefrom Sardinia (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (2118–9773): 1–19. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.231. Retrieved 24 October 2021.