Cryptops hortensis, the common cryptops,[1] is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Cryptopidae |
| Genus: | Cryptops |
| Species: | C. hortensis
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| Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810)
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Description
editThe species is 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in) long and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) wide. It is pale brown in colour with 21 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThis species is found in all of Europe except for: the Baltic states, Andorra, Belarus, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Russia, Vatican City and various European islands.[3] It has also been introduced to Tasmania, Australia.[4] It is found in gardens and woodland, and under stones and logs.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Common name". Nature Spot. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
- ^ Vahtera, Varpu; Stoev, Pavel; Akkari, Nesrine (2020). "Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania". ZooKeys (1004): 1–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537. PMC 7758309. PMID 33384564.
- ^ "Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ^ "Species Cryptops hortensis Leach, 1814". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
External links
edit- Images of Cryptops hortensis
- Video of Cryptops hortensis' on YouTube
- See also David Nield: Meet The 'King' of a Toxic Underground Ecosystem Unlike Anywhere Else on Earth (on: sciencealert, 19 December 2020) about Cryptops speleorex living in the Movile Cave, Romania.