Pachymerium caucasicum
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| Pachymerium caucasicum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Pachymerium |
| Species: | P. caucasicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachymerium caucasicum (Attems, 1903) | |
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Pachymerium caucasicum is a species of centipede in Geophilidae family. It was described by Carl Attems in 1903 and is endemic to the European part of Turkey.[1] Males of this species have 47 pairs of legs; females have 49 pairs of legs.[2] Authorities now deem P. caucasicum to be a junior synonym of P. ferrugineum.[3][4]
