Mecistocephalus gigas
| Mecistocephalus gigas | |
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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. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecistocephalus gigas | |
Mecistocephalus gigas is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.[1][2] This species has 51 pairs of legs and can reach 105 mm in length.[3]
Distribution[edit]
The species occurs in New Guinea and the Maluku Islands.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Haase, E (1887). "Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1–118 [105].
- ^ 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 24 April 2023.
- ^ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 144. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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