Gonibregmatidae
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| Gonibregmatidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Suborder: | Adesmata |
| Superfamily: | Geophiloidea |
| Family: | Gonibregmatidae Cook, 1896 |
Gonibregmatidae is a family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Geophiloidea.[1] In 2014, a phylogenetic analysis based on morphological and molecular data found this family to be paraphyletic with respect to the families Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae,[2] which authorities now deem to be junior synonyms for Gonibregmatidae.[1] This family now includes more than 20 species in at least 10 genera.[1]
Centipedes in this family feature a short head and mandibles with a single row of short teeth. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within as well as among species and ranges from 57 to 191.[3] These centipedes are very elongated with a high mean number of trunk segments (often greater than 100) and great variability in this number within species.[4] The minimum number of legs recorded in this family (57 pairs) appears in the species Himantosoma porosum.[5][6] This family includes the species Gonibregmatus plurimipes, which can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number recorded in the class Chilopoda.[7]