Eucratonyx hamatus explained

Eucratonyx hamatus is a species of centipede in the Gonibregmatidae family. It was described in 1899 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.^[1]

Description

This species can reach 85 mm in length and can have as many as few as 103 pairs of legs (in males) or as many as 125 leg pairs (in females).^[2]

Distribution

The species occurs in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bonato L, Chagas Junior A, Edgecombe GD, Lewis JG, Minelli A, Pereira LA, Shelley RM, Stoev P, Zapparoli M. 2016 . ChiloBase 2.0 . A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) . Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. 20 April 2023.
2. Book: Attems, Carl . Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha . De Gruyter . 1929 . 978-3-11-143063-8 . Attems . Karl . 342 . de . 10.1515/9783111430638.