Gonibregmatus plurimipes

Gonibregmatus plurimipes is a species of centipede in the Gonibregmatidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Gonibregmatus plurimipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Gonibregmatidae
Genus: Gonibregmatus
Species:
G. plurimipes
Binomial name
Gonibregmatus plurimipes

Description

This species is a reddish-yellow colour and can have as many as 191 pairs of legs,[1] which is the maximum number found in any centipede.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Lomati.[2]

References

  1. Chamberlin, R. V. (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [33].
  2. Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. Fusco, Giuseppe (2005). "Trunk segment numbers and sequential segmentation in myriapods". Evolution & Development. 7 (6): 608–617. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05064.x. ISSN 1525-142X. PMID 16336414. S2CID 21401688.
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