Pachymerellus
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| Pachymerellus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Pachymerellus Chamberlin, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin,1920
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Pachymerellus is a genus of two species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[2] The smaller Mexican species, Pachymerellus dentifer, measures only 16 mm in length and has only 43 pairs of legs,[3] whereas the larger species, P. zygethus, measures 33 mm in length and can have from 47 to 65 leg pairs.[4]
Species
[edit | edit source]Valid species:[2]
- Pachymerellus dentifer (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Pachymerellus zygethus Chamberlin, 1920
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