Pectiniunguis fijiensis

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Pectiniunguis fijiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Schendylidae
Genus: Pectiniunguis
Species:
P. fijiensis
Binomial name
Pectiniunguis fijiensis
(Chamberlin, 1920) [1]

Pectiniunguis fijiensis is a species of centipede in the Schendylidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. [1] [2]

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Description

The original description of this species is based on specimens reaching 50 mm in length with 59 to 63 pairs of legs. [1]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [36].
  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 3 April 2023.
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