Eucratonyx | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Gonibregmatidae |
Genus: |
Eucratonyx Pocock, 1898 [1] |
Type species | |
Eucratonyx meinerti Pocock, 1889
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Eucratonyx is a genus of centipedes in the family Gonibregmatidae. This genus was described in 1898 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. [1] [2] Centipedes in this genus are found from the Andaman Islands to New Britain. [3]
Centipedes in this genus feature a concave labral margin fringed by denticles, sternal pores in two anterior paired groups and a posterior band, enlarged claws on some anterior legs with a very elongate basal branch, and coalescent female gonopods. These centipedes range from about 8 cm to 13 cm in length and have 103 to 129 pairs of legs. [3] The smallest species in this genus, Eucratonyx hamatus, can reach 85 mm in length and range from 103 pairs of legs (in males) to 125 pairs (in females); the largest species, E. meinerti, can reach 130 mm in length and range from 103 leg pairs to 129 pairs, the maximum number recorded in this genus. [4]
There are two valid species: [2]