Geophilus hadesi

Geophilus hadesi is a species of centipede in the family Geophilidae. It is found in caves in the Velebit Mountains of Croatia. With Geophilus persephones it is one of the only two known troglomorphic geophilomorphs.[1]

Geophilus hadesi
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G. hadesi
Binomial name
Geophilus hadesi
Stoev et al. 2015

References

  1. Stoev, Pavel; Akkari, Nesrine; Komericki, Ana; Edgecombe, Gregory; Bonato, Lucio (2015). "At the end of the rope: Geophilus hadesi sp. n. – the world's deepest cave-dwelling centipede (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae)". ZooKeys. 510: 95–114. doi:10.3897/zookeys.510.9614. PMC 4523767. PMID 26257537.


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