Eucratonyx is a genus of centipedes in the family Gonibregmatidae. It was described in 1898 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Description
Centipedes in this genus range from 8 cm to 13 cm in length, have 103 to 129 pairs of legs, and are found from the Andaman Islands to New Britain.[3]
Species
There are two valid species:[2]
References
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^ a b Pocock, RI (1899). "Report on the centipedes and millipedes obtained by Dr A. Willey in the Loyalty Islands New Britain and elsewhere". In Willey, A (ed.). Zoological Results based on material from New Britain New Guinea Loyalty Isles and elsewhere. Vol. 1. Cambridge: University Press. pp. 59–74 [66].
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^ 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 21 April 2023.
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^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.
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