| Mecistocephalus waipaheenas | |
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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. waipaheenas |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus waipaheenas (Chamberlin, 1953) | |
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Mecistocephalus waipaheenas is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1953 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. This species can reach 25 mm in length and has a yellow body, a brown head, and 49 pairs of legs.
Distribution
The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Waipahee, Kauai.
References
- ^ Chamberlin, RV (1953). "Geophiloid chilopods of the Hawaiian and other Oceanic islands of the Pacific". Great Basin Naturalist. 13: 75–85 .
- ^ 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 15 April 2023.
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