Steneurytion antipodum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Steneurytion |
| Species: | S. antipodum
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Steneurytion antipodum is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2] This species can reach 38 mm in length and has 37 to 41 pairs of legs, usually 39 pairs in each sex.[1][3][4]
Distribution[edit]
The species occurs in New Zealand. Type localities are Maungatua and Wellington.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 8: 215–227 [222].
- ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 43–70. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905967. Wikidata Q58676585.
- ^ Attems, Carl Graf (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik (in German). 18: 155–302 [256] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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