Mecistocephalus capillatus
| Mecistocephalus capillatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. capillatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus capillatus | |
Mecistocephalus capillatus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1935 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]
Description
This species has 47 pairs of legs.[3]
Distribution
The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit, Marshall Islands.[2]
References
- ^ a b Takakuwa, Y (1935). "Über neue Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 25: 339–342 [339].
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 [96]. ISSN 0083-6133. JSTOR 41768466.