Marsikomerus bryanus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
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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Marsikomerus bryanus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was described in 1926 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
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].