Marshallopus

Marshallopus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1937. The sole species is Marshallopus platypedatus (Takakuwa, 1934).[1][2]

Marshallopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Oryidae
Genus: Marshallopus
Verhoeff, 1937[1]
Type species
Orphnaeus platypedatus
Takakuwa, 1934

Description

The centipedes range from 2 cm to 3 cm in length and have about 69 pairs of legs.[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is the Marshall Islands.[2]

References

  1. Verhoeff, KW (1937). "Chilopoden aus Malacca nach den Objecten des Raffles Museum in Singapore". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 13: 198โ€“270 [227].
  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 3 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda โ€“ Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363โ€“443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)


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