Pectiniunguis fijiensis is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
Pectiniunguis fijiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Schendylidae |
Genus: | Pectiniunguis |
Species: | P. fijiensis
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Binomial name | |
Pectiniunguis fijiensis (Chamberlin, 1920)[1]
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Description
editThe original description of this species is based on specimens reaching 50 mm in length with 59 to 63 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Vanua Ava.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [36].
- ^ 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 3 April 2023.