Cryptops haasei

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Cryptops haasei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. haasei
Binomial name
Cryptops haasei
Attems, 1903 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cryptops sulcatusHaase, 1887

Cryptops haasei is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is native to Australia and was first described in 1903 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems. [1]

Distribution

The species has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Attems, CG (1845). "Beiträge zur Myriopodenkunde". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 18: 63–154 [105].
  2. "Species Cryptops haasei Attems, 1903". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2023.