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Mecistocephalus capillatus

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus capillatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. capillatus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus capillatus
Takakuwa, 1935

Mecistocephalus capillatus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1935 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.

Description

This species has 47 pairs of legs.

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit, Marshall Islands.

References

  1. ^ Takakuwa, Y (1935). "Über neue Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 25: 339–342 .
  2. ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 . ISSN 0083-6133. JSTOR 41768466 – via JSTOR.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus capillatus
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