Campylostigmus plessisi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Genus: | Campylostigmus |
| Species: | C. plessisi
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Campylostigmus plessisi is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first described in 1963 by French myriapodologist J. M. Demange.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The type locality is the reef flat of Île Mathieu, 60 km north-west of Nouméa, on Grande Terre. Specimen material was found in a pile of Acropora coral at mid-tide level.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Demange, JM (1963). "Myriapodes récoltés en Nouvelle-Calédonie par M. Y. Plessis et description d'un cas tératologique". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (2) 35: 85–89 [86].
- ^ 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 26 March 2023.
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