Maoriella edentata
Appearance
Maoriella edentata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Maoriella |
Species: | M. edentata
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Binomial name | |
Maoriella edentata | |
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Maoriella edentata is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was first described in 1947 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The original description of this species is based on a specimen with 61 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Polynesia. The type locality is Tahiti.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Attems, C (1947). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums, Wien. 55: 50–149 [59].
- ^ 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.