Campylostigmus plessisi

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]

Campylostigmus plessisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Campylostigmus
Species:
C. plessisi
Binomial name
Campylostigmus plessisi
Demange, 1963 [1]

Distribution and habitat

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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

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  1. ^ 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].
  2. ^ 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.