Pachymerium ferrugineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Pachymerium
Species:
P. ferrugineum
Binomial name
Pachymerium ferrugineum
(C. L. Koch, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Geophilus ferrugineum C. L. Koch, 1835

Pachymerium ferrugineum is a species of centipede in the family Geophilidae.

Description

The number of legs varies widely in this species, ranging from as few as 41 pairs in Northern Europe to as many as 69 pairs in Palestine.[2] Various studies have been done on the intraspecific variation of Pachymerium ferrugineum to show the significance of the species geographical location to their number of leg-bearing segments.

One study published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society showed that these species exhibit more leg-bearing segments in Southern geographical locations versus the Northern regions in North-west Europe.[3]  A study conducted in the Aegean region has shown that the leg-bearing segments of Pachymerium ferrugineum in the Cyclades possibly vary due to insular characteristics of the island.[4]

Distribution

The species can be found in Central Europe, Crete, the Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavia, the shore of the White Sea, as well as in Asian countries such as Japan and Turkey, and on Atlantic islands such as the Azores, and Canary Islands. It is also found in Alaska, Mexico, Hawaii and Easter Island.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 A. D. Barber (2013). Barber AD (ed.). "Pachymerium ferrugineum". World database of littoral Myriapoda. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Simaiakis, Stylianos M.; Mylonas, Moisis (2003). "Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) - two distinct forms in Crete?" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group. 19: 57–61.
  3. ↑ Simaiakis, Stylianos (August 2010). "A study of the diversity and geographical variation in numbers of leg-bearing segments in centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in north-western Europe". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100 (4): 899–909. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01467.x.
  4. ↑ Simaiakis, Stylianos; Mylonas, Moysis (August 2004). "Intraspecific variation in segment number in Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in the south Aegean Archipelago (north-east Mediterranean, Greece)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 88 (4): 533–539. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00635.x.

Further reading

  • Iorio, E. (2005). "Contribution à la connaissance des chilopodes de Bretagne (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)". 140 (33). Bordeaux: Bull. Soc. Linn.: 149–156. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Johns, P. M. (2009). "Myriapoda". Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. 1: 584.
  • Palmen, E. (1949). "The Chilopoda of Eastern Fennoscandia". 13 (4). Ann.Zool.Soc.Zool.Bot.Fenn. Vanamo: 1–45. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Barber, A. D. (2009). "Littoral myriapods; a review". Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 735–760.
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