Mecistocephalus brevisternalis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1934 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]
| Mecistocephalus brevisternalis | |
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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. brevisternalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus brevisternalis | |
Description
editThis species is yellow without dark patches but with a darker head, with 49 pairs of legs and a body up to 30 mm long.[3]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit (Yaruto), Marshall Islands.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Takakuwa, Y (1934). "Über drei neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Formosa und Marshallinseln". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 24: 221–225 [224].
- ^ 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.
- ^ Uliana, Marco; Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2007-01-22). "The Mecistocephalidae of the Japanese and Taiwanese islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)". Zootaxa. 1396 (1): 1–84 [41–42]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1396.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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