Cormocephalus coynei

Cormocephalus coynei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Cormocephalus
Species: C. coynei
Binomial name
Cormocephalus coynei
(L.E.Koch, 1984)[1]

Cormocephalus coynei is a species of centipede found on the uninhabited Phillip and Nepean islands to the south of Norfolk Island.[2] It is also known as the Phillip Island centipede.[3] The species was observed on Phillip Island in 1792.,[2] but was not formally described until 1984[4]

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