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Cryptops
Sign in to saveCryptops (from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós), meaning "hidden", and ὄψ (óps), meaning "face"), sometimes known as cave centipedes, is a centipede genus in the family Cryptopidae; species records have a world-wide distribution.
Species
Common Cryptops
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassChilopoda
- OrderScolopendromorpha
- FamilyCryptopidae
Observations1,391
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 977
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Cryptopidae
- Collections
- MCZ, INECOL
- Recorded in
- Spain, Mexico, Indonesia, France, Brazil, New Zealand, Equatorial Guinea, Papua New Guinea