Mecistocephalus spissus

Mecistocephalus spissus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1862 by American biologist Horatio Curtis Wood.[1][2]

Mecistocephalus spissus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Mecistocephalidae
Genus: Mecistocephalus
Species:
M. spissus
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus spissus
Wood, 1862[1]

Distribution

The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Kauai or Oahu.[2]

References

  1. Wood, H.C. (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 [43].
  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 15 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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