Mecistocephalus marcusensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1953 by Japanese myriapodologist Yasunori Miyoshi.[1][2]
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus marcusensis | |
Description
editThis species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach about 26 mm in length.[1]
Distribution
editThe species occurs on Minamitorishima, also known as Marcus Island, a small and isolated Japanese atoll in the north-western Pacific Ocean.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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 [186].
- ^ 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 8 April 2023.
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