Geophilus admarinus
{{Short description|Species of centipede}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Geophilus admarinus
| authority = Chamberlin, 1952
| synonyms = * Brachygeophilus admarinus (Chamberlin, 1952)
}}
Geophilus admarinus is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae.{{cite web |title=Geophilus admarinus (Chamberlin, 1952) |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1092527#null |website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=29 October 2021}} It's found in southeast Alaska under stones near the low tide mark{{cite journal |last1=Barber |first1=A.D |title=Littoral myriapods: a review |journal=Soil Organisms |date=2009 |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=735-760 |url=https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/33_barber.pdf |access-date=29 October 2021}} and is capable of surviving prolonged submersion underwater.
Description
G. admarinus grows to about 25 millimeters in length and has around 47 leg pairs. It's characterized by a head longer than it is wide; first maxillae with palpus and inner process both conically pointed and each having typically 5 setae on its ventral face; smooth claws of the second maxillae; concave labrum; median division straight or slightly concave, bearing 5 long, basally dark teeth, and lateral division pectinate; syncoxite bearing a lappet on each side; coxae broadly united with no trace of a median suture; unarmed prosternum of poison claws with an absence of chitin lines and minute teeth at the base; and an absence of ventral pores.{{cite journal |last1=Chamberlin |first1=Ralph V. |title=A new geophiloid centiped from the littoral of Southeast Alaska |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |date=1952 |volume=65 |pages=83-83 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34567189 |access-date=27 October 2021}}