Mecistocephalus tahitiensis

Mecistocephalus tahitiensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1862 by American myriapodologist Horatio Wood.[1][2]

Mecistocephalus tahitiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. tahitiensis
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus tahitiensis
Wood, 1862[1]
Synonyms
  • Lamnonyx tahitiensis major Verhoeff, 1925

Description

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This species has 47 pairs of legs and can reach 50 mm in length.[3]

Distribution

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The species occurs in New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. The type locality is Tahiti.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wood, HC (1862). "On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 5 (1): 5–52 [43].
  2. ^ 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 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 130. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.