Mecistocephalus capillatus

Last updated

Mecistocephalus capillatus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. capillatus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus capillatus
Takakuwa, 1935 [1]

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

Contents

Description

This species has 47 pairs of legs. [3]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 Takakuwa, Y (1935). "Über neue Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 25: 339–342 [339].
  2. 1 2 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. JSTOR   41768466.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.