Orphnaeus atopus
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| Orphnaeus atopus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Oryidae |
| Genus: | Orphnaeus |
| Species: | O. atopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Orphnaeus atopus (Chamberlin, 1920)[1] | |
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Orphnaeus atopus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] The original description of this species is based on two reddish yellow female specimens and reports a length of 51 mm and 71 pairs of legs.[1][3] Some have deemed O. atopus to be a junior synonym of O. brevilabiatus.[3]