Mecistocephalus marcusensis

Mecistocephalus marcusensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1953 by Japanese myriapodologist Yasunori Miyoshi.[1][2]

Mecistocephalus marcusensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. marcusensis
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus marcusensis

Description

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This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach about 26 mm in length.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs on Minamitorishima, also known as Marcus Island, a small and isolated Japanese atoll in the north-western Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Miyoshi, Y (1953). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis Japanischer Myriopoden. 9. Aufsatz: Über eine neue Art von Leptodesmidae (Diplopoda) Anhängsel; Eine neue Art von Mecistocephalidae aus Marcus-Insel". Zoological Magazine, Tokyo. 62: 186–188 [186].
  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 8 April 2023.