Strigamia maritima

Strigamia maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Strigamia
Species:
S. maritima
Binomial name
Strigamia maritima
(Leach, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Geophilus maritimus Leach, 1817 (basionym)
  • Scolioplanes maritimus (Leach, 1817)

Strigamia maritima is a soil centipede in the subfamily Linotaeniinae, a clade formerly known as the family Linotaeniidae, but now deemed a subfamily within the family Geophilidae. This centipede is the most common of the four fully coastal geophilomorph species known in the British Isles.

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