Mecistocephalus apator
Mecistocephalus apator | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
Genus: | Mecistocephalus |
Species: | M. apator
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Binomial name | |
Mecistocephalus apator Chamberlin, 1920[1]
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Mecistocephalus apator is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
Description[edit]
This species can approach 35 mm in length, with 49 pairs of legs. It is mainly reddish-yellow, orange in the anterior region, and has a blackish head.[1]
Distribution[edit]
The species occurs in Micronesia and Sulawesi.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Chamberlin, RV (1920). "New chilopods of the genus Mecistocephalus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 328–334 [333].
- ^ 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 10 April 2023.