| Mecistocephalus marcusensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. marcusensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus marcusensis Miyoshi, 1953 | |
Mecistocephalus marcusensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1953 by Japanese myriapodologist Yasunori Miyoshi.
Description
This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach about 26 mm in length.
Distribution
The species occurs on Minamitorishima, also known as Marcus Island, a small and isolated Japanese atoll in the north-western Pacific Ocean.
References
- ^ Miyoshi, Y (1953). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis Japanischer Myriopoden. 9. Aufsatz: Über eine neue Art von Leptodesmidae (Diplopoda) Anhängsel; Eine neue Art von Mecistocephalidae aus Marcus-Insel". Zoological Magazine, Tokyo. 62: 186–188 .
- ^ 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 8 April 2023.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mecistocephalus marcusensis | |
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