Orphnaeus brevilabiatus
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| Orphnaeus brevilabiatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Oryidae |
| Genus: | Orphnaeus |
| Species: | O. brevilabiatus |
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| Orphnaeus brevilabiatus (Newport, 1845) | |
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Orphnaeus brevilabiatus is a species of centipede in the family Oryidae.[1][2]
Adult specimens are typically 60–65 mm long, yellowish-orange in colour and ca. 1 mm wide at the head.[3] Females can have from 73 to 85 pairs of legs, whereas males can have from 67 to 77 pairs, most often 73 pairs.[4] A specimen from Madagascar with even fewer legs (53 pairs, sex not reported)[5] features the minimum number recorded in the family Orydae.[6]
Distribution
It is a littoral myriapod that can be found throughout sublittoral zones of Indian and East Pacific countries,[7] including Taiwan and Japan, in particular the Okinawan, Yaeyama and Miyama islands, where it is listed as a threatened local population.[3] It has been introduced to south-west Western Australia.[8]
