Ballophilus maldivensis
| Ballophilus maldivensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Ballophilidae |
| Genus: | Ballophilus |
| Species: | B. maldivensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ballophilus maldivensis Pocock, 1906
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Ballophilus maldivensis is a species of centipede in the genus Ballophilus. It is found in the Maldives.[1] The original description of this species is based on a sandy yellow specimen measuring 21 mm in length with 67 pairs of legs.[2]
References
- ^ "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Species details". www.catalogueoflife.org.
- ^ Pocock, R.I. (1906). "Chilopoda and Diplopoda". In Gardner, John Stanley (ed.). The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1041–1045.