MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CHIL-2067

Mecistocephalus simplex Chamberlin, 1920

Holotype of Mecistocephalus simplex

Date Collected:

1914-10-15

Oceania: Australia: Queensland | Cairns

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CHIL-2067 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Mecistocephalus simplex Chamberlin, 1920
Animalia Arthropoda Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Mecistocephalidae
Determiner: Ralph V. Chamberlin
Nature of ID: type ID

Chamberlin 1920, page 61, Holotype of Mecistocephalus simplex Chamberlin, 1920 p.61
Media type: text; Chamberlin 1920 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIV no. 1;

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  • collection number: RVC 2067

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-04-09
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-04-01   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-04-09
citation 1920. Bull. MCZ, 64: 61 [no agent data], Method: migration 2011-03-06

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  • " see mount " Crabill note: " Head, mouthparts removed by Chamberlin prior to 1956. " In "List of Chamberlin species"; with number. no paratypes designated.

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • State/Province:
  • Queensland
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7001830 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Cairns
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Australia, Queensland, Cairns
  • Georeference:
  • -16.885872°, 145.709049° (Error radius: 18239m) By: Taylor Tai on 2017-03-17 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1914-10-15
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 15/10/1914
  • Collector:
  • William Morton Wheelerlinked data icon

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