Australiophilus longissimus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Myriapoda
Class:Chilopoda
Australiophilus longissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Zelanophilidae
Genus: Australiophilus
Species:
A. longissimus
Binomial name
Australiophilus longissimus

Australiophilus longissimus is a species of centipede in the Zelanophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.[1][2]

The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 72 mm in length with 117 pairs of legs,[1] the maximum number of leg pairs recorded in the family Zelanophilidae.[3]

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