Cryptopidae
Sign in to saveThe Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs. The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassChilopoda
- OrderScolopendromorpha
- FamilyCryptopidae
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The Cryptopidae are a family of scolopendromorph centipedes. Cryptopids are blind (lacking ocelli) and possess 21 pairs of legs. The genus Cryptops is the numerically largest in the family, comprising over 150 species worldwide.
== Classification == The following genera, may be included: Cryptops Leach, 1814 Eremops Bollman, 1893 Mimops Kraepelin, 1903 Paracryptops Pocock, 1891 Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992 Trigonocryptops Verhoeff, 1906