Acanthogeophilus spiniger[1][2] is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae found in Northwest Africa.[3] The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 27 mm in length with 71 pairs of legs.[4] It was first assigned to the genus Geophilus, but was moved to Acanthogeophilus in 1999 by Foddai and Minelli.[5] Like other species in its genus, it is characterized by incomplete chitin lines, complete coxopleural sutures, stout legs, and a claw-like pretarsus.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Acanthogeophilus |
| Species: | A. spiniger
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthogeophilus spiniger (Meinert, 1870)
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References
edit- ^ "Acanthogeophilus spiniger Meinert, 1870". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Acanthogeophilus spiniger". www.itis.gov. itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ^ Minelli, Alessandro (2011-03-21). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda. Brill. p. 416. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Attems, Karl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 326. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
- ^ "Acanthogeophilus spiniger (Meinert,1870)". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio (2016-09-21). "An unusually elongate endogeic centipede from Sardinia (Chilopoda: Geophilidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (231): 4. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.231. hdl:11577/3189380. Retrieved 24 October 2021.