Strigamia crassipes
| Strigamia crassipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Linotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Strigamia |
| Species: | S. crassipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Strigamia crassipes (C. L. Koch, 1835)
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Strigamia crassipes is a centipede belonging to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.[3]
Description[edit]
Strigamia crassipes is red in colour and has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw. This species can reach 56 mm in length.[4] Males of this species have 45 to 57 pairs of legs; females have 45 to 59 pairs.[4] The number of legs distinguishes this species from S. acuminata, which has only 37 to 41 leg pairs in males and 39 to 43 pairs in females.[4] The specific name crassipes is Latin for "thick leg."[5]
This centipede produces a bioluminescent substance in its sternal glands and secretes it through the sternal pore fields; it is yellow or blue in colour.[6]
Habitat[edit]
Strigamia crassipes lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales, and elsewhere in Europe.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Strigamia crassipes Koch, 1835". www.gbif.org.
- ^ Bettini, S. (March 13, 2013). Arthropod Venoms. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642455018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Strigamia crassipes". www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b c Bonato, Lucio; Danyi, Laszlo; Socci, Antonio Augusto; Minelli, Alessandro (2012-12-20). "Species diversity of Strigamia Gray, 1843 (Chilopoda: Linotaeniidae): a preliminary synthesis". Zootaxa. 3593 (1): 1–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Roháček, J.; Hoffeins, C. (2021). "Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of Acartophthalmites Hennig and Clusiomites Gen. Nov. (Diptera) - PMC". Insects. 12 (12): 1123. doi:10.3390/insects12121123. PMC 8705662. PMID 34940210.
- ^ Minelli, Alessandro (March 21, 2011). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1. BRILL. ISBN 9789004188266 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Strigamia crassipes (C.L. Koch, 1835) | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". www.bmig.org.uk.
- ^ Fet, Victor; Popov, Alexi (June 21, 2007). Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781402044175 – via Google Books.