Mecistocephalus okabei
Appearance
Mecistocephalus okabei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
Species: | M. okabei
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Binomial name | |
Mecistocephalus okabei |
Mecistocephalus okabei is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1942 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Babeldaob, Palau.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Takakuwa, Y (1942). "Myriapoda of the Micronesia". Kagaku Nan'yo. 5 (1): 14–44 [17].
- ^ 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 10 April 2023.