Centruroides barbudensis

Centruroides barbudensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Centruroides
Species:	C. barbudensis
Binomial name
	Centruroides barbudensis; Pocock, 1898

Last updated August 25, 2025

Centruroides barbudensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.^[2]

It possesses excitatory neurotoxins that act on sodium and potassium channels. Toxic catecholamine-release can cause adrenergic cardiac effects.^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. It is found in Sombrero, Anguilla, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe and Martinique

References

↑ "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
↑ "Centruroides barbudensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
↑ "Centruroides barbudensis". WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - University of Adelaide (Australia).

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[Mes-1] "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

[2] "Centruroides barbudensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

[3] "Centruroides barbudensis". WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - University of Adelaide (Australia).

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