Mecistocephalus siaronus
| Mecistocephalus siaronus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
| Species: | M. siaronus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus siaronus (Chamberlin, 1920)[1]
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Mecistocephalus siaronus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
Description
[edit]This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach 90 mm in length.[1]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Saiaro, Viti Levu.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [68].
- ^ 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 2 April 2023.
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