Geophilus easoni is a species of soil centipede in the family Geophilidae. It is found throughout Britain and Ireland, and through western France to at least to the foothills of the Pyrenees and to Galicia and northern Portugal. It was distinguished from G. carpophagus only in 2001, and most pre-2001 records from the British Isles probably refer to G. easoni. It's typically shorter than G. carpophagus (up to 40 mm), with fewer leg pairs (between 47 and 51), uniform tan/chestnut coloring, and a greater size and number of coxal pores, as well as a darkly pigmented mid-piece of the labrum which bears blunt teeth.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Eason's Geophilus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Strigamia carniolensis
- Pachymerium ferrugineum
- Strigamia maritima
- Geophilus carpophagus
- Geophilus vittatus
- Hydroschendyla submarina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Geophilomorpha
- Family
- Geophilidae
- Genus
- Geophilus
- Species
- Geophilus easoni
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