| Mecistocephalus manokwarius | |
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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. manokwarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus manokwarius Chamberlin, 1944 | |
Mecistocephalus manokwarius is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1944 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. This species is brown, has 49 pairs of legs, and can reach 44 mm in length.
Distribution
The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Manokwari, on the Bird's Head Peninsula of Western New Guinea.
References
- ^ Chamberlin, RV (1944). "Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History". Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series. 28: 175–216 .
- ^ 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 25 April 2023.
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| Mecistocephalus manokwarius | |
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