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Mecistocephalus okabei

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Species of centipede

Mecistocephalus okabei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species: M. okabei
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus okabei
Takakuwa, 1942

Mecistocephalus okabei is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1942 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.

Distribution

The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Babeldaob, Palau.

References

  1. ^ Takakuwa, Y (1942). "Myriapoda of the Micronesia". Kagaku Nan'yo. 5 (1): 14–44 .
  2. ^ 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 10 April 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Mecistocephalus okabei


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