| Strigamia acuminata | |
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| Photographed in Derbyshire, England | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Linotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Strigamia |
| Species: | S. acuminata |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigamia acuminata (Leach, 1816)[lower-alpha 1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede, is a centipede in the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.[3]
Description
Strigamia acuminata is red-brown in colour and up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long, with 37–41 pairs of legs.[4] Like other Strigamia, it has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw, and large widely scattered coxal pores on the last legs. The specific name acuminata means "pointed, sharp."[1][5]
Habitat
Strigamia acuminata lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in Leicestershire and Rutland),[4] and elsewhere in western and central Europe.[6] It is also recorded in Canada.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Several sources incorrectly give the date of Leach's description of S. acuminata as 1815.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Strigamia acuminata | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk.
- ↑ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ↑ "Shorter Red Centipede (Strigamia acuminata)". iNaturalist Canada.
- 1 2 "Strigamia acuminata | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.
- ↑ "Latin Definition for: acuminatus, acuminata, acuminatum (ID: 676) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict". latin-dictionary.net.
- ↑ "Strigamia acuminata (Leach 1815) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
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