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Family of centipedes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs.[1] The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.[2]
Cryptopidae | |
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Cryptops hortensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 1881 |
Genera | |
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The following genera, may be included:[3][4]
The genera Plutonium and Theatops Newport, 1844, formerly classified in the cryptopid subfamily Plutoniuminae, are now placed in the recently elevated family Plutoniumidae.[5]
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