Maoriella aucklandica is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1903 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.[1][2]
| Maoriella aucklandica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Maoriella |
| Species: | M. aucklandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoriella aucklandica | |
Description
editThe original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 90 mm in length with 91 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
editThe species occurs on the North Island. The type locality is the Bay of Islands, in the Far North District.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Attems, C (1903). "Synopsis der Geophiliden". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 18: 155–302 [285].
- ^ 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 24 March 2023.
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