Pachymerellus zygethus
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| Pachymerellus zygethus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Pachymerellus |
| Species: | P. zygethus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920[1] | |
Pachymerellus zygethus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia and New Zealand, and was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2][3]
This species features small denticles on the forcipular coxosternite and tarsungula, no sternal pores, and scattered coxal pores; the second maxillae have claws with small filaments.[4] The original description of this species is based on a specimen measuring about 35 mm in length with 55 pairs of legs,[1] but the number of segments in this species can range from as few as 47 to as many as 65.[3]
