Geophilus osquidatum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Geophilomorpha
- Family
- Geophilidae
- Genus
- Geophilus
- Species
- Geophilus osquidatum
- Scientific Name
- Geophilus osquidatum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Geophilus osquidatum
Geophilus osquidatum is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in western Europe, from mainland Spain through western France to Britain and Ireland, though it's also been recorded in Italy, Czech Republic, and Germany. Males of this species have 51 to 57 pairs of legs; females have 53 to 63 leg pairs. This species grows up to 30 millimeters and is bright yellow with a darker reddish head. Because of this, it's often confused with G. flavus and G. gracilis. Its subspecies, G. osquidatum porosum, was found synonymous with G. flavus. In Britain, G. osquidatum is found in a wide range of habitats including woodland, grassland, and coastal shingle as well as gardens and waste ground.
...Geophilus osquidatum in languages:
- English
- Western Geophilus
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Geophilus admarinus
- Geophilus aztecus
- Geophilus becki
- Geophilus carpophagus
- Geophilus cayugae
- Geophilus claremontus
- Geophilus easoni
- Geophilus electricus
- Geophilus flavus
- Geophilus fucorum
- Geophilus gavoyi
- Geophilus hadesi
- Geophilus impressus
- Geophilus indianae
- Geophilus joyeuxi
- Geophilus longicapillatus
- Geophilus minimus
- Geophilus mordax
- Geophilus multiporus
- Geophilus osquidatum
- Geophilus oweni
- Geophilus persephones
- Geophilus piae
- Geophilus proximus
- Geophilus punicus
- Geophilus pusillifrater
- Geophilus regnans
- Geophilus richardi
- Geophilus seurati
- Geophilus truncorum
- Geophilus varians
- Geophilus virginiensis
- Geophilus vittatus