| Mecistocephalus tahitiensis | |
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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. tahitiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood, 1862 | |
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Mecistocephalus tahitiensis is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1862 by American myriapodologist Horatio Wood.
Description
This species has 47 pairs of legs and can reach 50 mm in length.
Distribution
The species occurs in New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. The type locality is Tahiti.
References
- ^ Wood, HC (1862). "On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 5 (1): 5–52 .
- ^ 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 1 April 2023.
- Attems, Carl (1929). Attems, Karl (ed.). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 130. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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| Mecistocephalus tahitiensis | |
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