Cryptops spinipes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Cryptopidae |
Genus: | Cryptops |
Species: | C. spinipes
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Binomial name | |
Cryptops spinipes | |
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Cryptops spinipes is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is native to Oceania and was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. [1]
The species’ range includes eastern Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. [2]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [2]