Campylostigmus plessisi
Appearance
Campylostigmus plessisi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Campylostigmus |
Species: | C. plessisi
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Binomial name | |
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]
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.