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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) » Geophilidae » Geophilus

Genus Geophilus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Caring Mother Centipede - Geophilus vittatus - female Caring Mother Centipede - Geophilus vittatus - female 4002985 Geophilomorpha - Geophilus vittatus Geophilus oweni Geophilus centipede? - Geophilus 8034035 Geophilomopha - Geophilus vittatus centipede010219 - Geophilus Geophilus varians - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Geophilomorpha (Soil Centipedes)
Family Geophilidae
Genus Geophilus
Explanation of Names
Geophilus Leach 1814
Numbers
~140 spp. total(1)
Works Cited
1.Minelli A. (ed) (2013) Chilobase: A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 1 April, 2014 - 12:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 December, 2014 - 5:53am

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