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Mecistocephalus nagasaunus

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

Mecistocephalus nagasaunus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

Description

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This species has 49 pairs of legs, can reach about 23 mm in length, and is reddish yellow but more orange near the head, which is dark orange or light chestnut.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Nagasau.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New chilopods of the genus Mecistocephalus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 328–334 [330].
  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 2 April 2023.