Cryptops spinipes

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Cryptops spinipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops
Species:
C. spinipes
Binomial name
Cryptops spinipes
Pocock, 1891 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cryptops setosusPocock, 1891
  • Cryptops zealandicusChamberlin, 1920

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]

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Distribution

The species’ range includes eastern Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. [2]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collections of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6. 8 (45): 115–227 [156].
  2. 1 2 "Species Cryptops spinipes Pocock, 1891". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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