Marsikomerus bryanus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was described in 1926 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Schendylidae |
| Genus: | Marsikomerus |
| Species: | M. bryanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Marsikomerus bryanus (Chamberlin, 1926)[1]
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Description edit
This species ranges from yellow to orange in colour, can reach up to 47 mm in length, and has 39 to 57 pairs of legs.[3]
Distribution edit
The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Hawaii.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Chamberlin, RV (1926). "Chilopoda". Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 31: 92–94 [92].
- ^ 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 15 April 2023.
- ^ Bonato, Lucio; Foddai, Donatella; Minelli, Alessandro (2004). "The Centipede Order Geophilomorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 78: 13–32 [18].
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