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Eucratonyx hamatus

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Eucratonyx hamatus is a species of centipede in the Gonibregmatidae family. It was described in 1899 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]

Description

This species can reach 85 mm in length and can have as many as few as 103 pairs of legs (in males) or as many as 125 leg pairs (in females).[3]

Distribution

The species occurs in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pocock, RI (1899). "The expedition to Sokotra. Descriptions of the new species of scorpions, centipedes and millipedes". Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums. 2: 7–9.
  2. ^ a b Bonato L, Chagas Junior A, Edgecombe GD, Lewis JG, Minelli A, Pereira LA, Shelley RM, Stoev P, Zapparoli M (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 342. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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Eucratonyx hamatus: Brief Summary

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Eucratonyx hamatus is a species of centipede in the Gonibregmatidae family. It was described in 1899 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.

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