Mecistocephalus kabasanus

Mecistocephalus kabasanus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2] This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach about 75 mm in length.[1]

Mecistocephalus kabasanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. kabasanus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus kabasanus
Synonyms
  • Ectoptyx kabasanus Chamberlin, 1920

Distribution

The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Kabasa Lau.[2]

References

  1. Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [66].
  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 2 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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