Biology:Cormocephalus rubriceps
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Short description: Species of arthropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Genus: | Cormocephalus |
| Species: | C. rubriceps
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| Cormocephalus rubriceps (Newport, 1843)
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Cormocephalus rubriceps, also known as the Hura[1] or giant centipede,[2] is a large centipede of the family Scolopendridae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand, where it is found in the North Island and on islands off the North Island.[2] At up to 25 cm in length, it is the largest centipede in New Zealand.
Taxonomy
File:Cormocephalus rubriceps d.tif This species was given its Latin name by George Newport in 1843 as Scolopendra rubriceps.[3] Newport published a description of the species under that name in 1845.[4]
References
- ↑ "hura". 2021. https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/41417.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Giant centipede" (in en). https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/education/the-arthropods-on-the-pare/giant-centipede/.
- ↑ Newport, George (February 1844). "XIII.— A List of the species of Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda, contained in the Cabinets of the British Museum, with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new Species" (in en). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 (82): 94–101. doi:10.1080/03745484409442576. ISSN 0374-5481. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2286658.
- ↑ Newport, George (1845). "Monograph of the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda.". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349–440. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5439163.
External links
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Wikidata ☰ Q534653 entry
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