Orya barbarica
Orya barbarica from Tunisia. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Chilopoda
Order:
Geophilomorpha
Family:
Oryidae
Genus:
Orya
Species:
O. barbarica
Binomial name
Orya barbarica
(Gervais, 1835)

Orya barbarica is a species of centipedes belonging to the family Oryidae.[1]

This North African species is notable for its large size,[2] reaching a length of 15–17 centimetres (5.9–6.7 in).[3][4] This species has from 107 to 125 pairs of legs.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ↑ Chilopoda (Centipedes)
  4. ↑ J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites
  5. ↑ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 110. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.


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