Ribautia wheeleri
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| Ribautia wheeleri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Ribautia |
| Species: | R. wheeleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Ribautia wheeleri (Chamberlin, 1920)[1] | |
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Ribautia wheeleri is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
The original description of this species is based on a specimen measuring 48 mm in length with 65 pairs of legs.[1]