Geophilus seurati Brolemann, 1924
Synonyms
- Geophilus fucorum seurati Brolemann, 1924
- Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870
Status:
- GB IUCN status: Least Concern
- GB rarity status: Nationally Scarce
ID Difficulty
Identification
Ten species of Geophilus are known from Britain and Ireland.
The exclusively coastal Geophilus seurati (G. gracilis in Tony Barber's 2008 & 2009 identification keys) is another distinctly yellowish centipede (to 30 mm) with a darker reddish head. It is differentiated from the similar looking G. flavus and G. osquidatum on subtle (microscopic) characters (coxal pores, carpophagus fossae and poison claw).
More information to allow accurate identification is given in the published identification keys by Tony Barber (2008 & 2009).
Distribution and Habitat
Geophilus seurati is an exclusively coastal species is found mainly along the southern and western coasts of both Britain and Ireland. Isolated records occur as far north as western Scotland.
Habitat
It typically occurs in estuaries and saltmarsh, where it occurs under stones on mud (or other substrates) near or even below the high water mark. It has been collected from core samples (Smith & Barber, 2012).
This account is based on the 'Centipede Atlas' (Barber, 2022).
Links
ChiloBase 2.0 - World Catalogue of Centipedes: https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/4061
BRC code
16
idBmigTaxa
Cen_217