On the appendage regeneration of Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel) (Chilopoda: Lithobiidae)

• Main Authors: Mitić B.M., Tomić V.T., Makarov S.E., Ilić B.S., Ćurčić B.P.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad 2010-01-01
• Series: Archives of Biological Sciences
• Subjects: Centipedes; regeneration; blastema; forcipular telopodite; walking leg; anamorphic development; Serbia
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2010/0354-46641002281M.pdf
• ISSN: 0354-4664

We have analyzed and discussed the indirect evidence of regeneration of the forcipular telopodites and the walking legs (reduced in size or abnormal characteristics such as atypical morphology and a reduced number of articles) in wild populations of the lithobiomorph centipede Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel). In our opinion, these morphological defects can be interpreted as a result of incomplete regeneration. In some cases, the full segmentation of the regenerating appendages will be completed later in ontogeny through an anamorphic schedule of post-embryonic segment addition.