Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis
Appearance
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
Species: | M. glabridorsalis
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Binomial name | |
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis |
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1900 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.[1][2] This species has 49 pairs of legs, can reach 85 mm in length, and is yellow with anterior segments and a head that are reddish brown.[3]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Seychelles, New Guinea and the Maluku Islands. The type locality is Mahé, Seychelles.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Attems, C (1900). "Dr. Brauer's Myriopoden-Ausbeute auf den Seychellen im Jahre 1895". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik. 13 (2): 133–171 [138].
- ^ 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 24 April 2023.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Minelli, Alessandro (2010). "The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)" (PDF). Phelsuma. 18: 9–38.