Species of centipede
Mecistocephalus lifuensis is a species of soil centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family .[ 1] This species was first described in 1898 by zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock based on type material found on is Lifou Island in New Caledonia , a French overseas territory in Melanesia .[ 2] [ 3] This centipede is notable for featuring 51 pairs of legs rather than the 49 leg pairs usually observed in the genus Mecistocephalus .[ 4] [ 5]
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