Mecistocephalus somonus

Mecistocephalus somonus is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]

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

Description

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This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach 48 mm in length.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Fiji. The type locality is Somosomo on the island of Taveuni.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [68].
  2. ^ 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 2 April 2023.