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Mecistocephalus capillatus

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Mecistocephalus capillatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. capillatus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus capillatus

Mecistocephalus capillatus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1935 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]

Description

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This species has 47 pairs of legs.[3]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Jaluit, Marshall Islands.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Takakuwa, Y (1935). "Über neue Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 25: 339–342 [339].
  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 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ Attems, C. (1944). "Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). 55: 50–149 [96]. ISSN 0083-6133 – via JSTOR.