Cryptops parisi

Cryptops parisi is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae.^[1][2]

Cryptops parisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Cryptopidae
Genus:	Cryptops
Species:	C. parisi
Binomial name
Cryptops parisi Brolemann, 1920

Comparative anatomy of various centipede species; image 38 is the intermediate part of the ventral trunk of Cryptops parisi.

Description and habitat

The species is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long or more.^[3] It is identified by the closely spaced (often fused) teeth on the tibial and tarsal combs of the last legs. It lives under stones, logs and leaf litter.^[4] It is found in Great Britain, Ireland, central Europe and Canada.^[5][6][7][8]

Life cycle

A 2020 study examining the development of the cephalic capsule and coxopleuron identified ten late post-embryonic stages in C. parisi's life cycle: three pre-adult stages (adolescens I, II, and III) and seven adult stages (one maturus junior stage, four maturus, and two maturus senior stages). There was no sexual dimorphism in these characteristics.^[9]