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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...
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  • uncertain, in the original description it is suggested that is close to Cryptopidae than to Scolopendridae. Mundel, Peter (1979-01-01), Nitecki, Matthew...
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    usually have 17 to 21 segments). The order comprises the five families Cryptopidae, Scolopendridae, Mimopidae, Scolopocryptopidae, and Plutoniumidae. Nearly...
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    hortensis, the common cryptops, is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814). The species is 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1...
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    Cryptops megalopora is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is native to Australia and New Zealand and was first described in 1887 by...
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  • Cryptops niuensis is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. The...
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    Cryptops parisi is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae. The species is 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long or more. It is identified by the closely...
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  • Paracryptops is a genus of centipedes in the family Cryptopidae. It was described in 1891 by British myriapodologist Reginald Innes Pocock. There are...
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  • Cryptops neocaledonicus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was first described in 1923 by French entomologist Henri Ribaut. The species...
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  • Cryptops sulciceps is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. The...
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  • Cryptops nanus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1938 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems. The species occurs...
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  • Cryptops speleorex, the cave dwelling sister species of C. hortensis, Cryptopidae New Centipede Discovered on Top of Food Chain in Hellish Ecosystem of...
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  • Cryptops spinipes is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is native to Oceania and was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald...
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  • Cryptops haasei is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is native to Australia and was first described in 1903 by Austrian myriapodologist...
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    sometimes known as cave centipedes, is a centipede genus in the family Cryptopidae; species records have a world-wide distribution. The Global Biodiversity...
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  • Cryptops notandus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1939 by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri. The species...
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  • Cryptops dilagus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1921 by New Zealand zoologist...
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    Cryptops speleorex is a species of troglobitic centipede in the family Cryptopidae. It is endemic to the Movile Cave, Romania, where it was discovered in...
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    There are 78 species of Myriapoda native to Ireland. Common Cryptops (Cryptops hortensis) Cryptops parisi Geophilus carpophagus Geophilus easoni Geophilus...
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  • Cryptops arapuni is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1922 by New Zealand zoologist...
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  • Cryptops rouxi is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first...
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    Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say) in Alaska and Canada (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae)". Insecta Mundi. 6 (1). Virginia Natural History Society.; Society,...
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  • Cryptops pictus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was...
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  • Cryptops lamprethus is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1920 by American biologist...
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  • Cryptops sarasini is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was...
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  • Gonethina fijiana is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1920 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin. The...
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    Subphylum: Myriapoda Class: Chilopoda Order: Scolopendromorpha Family: Cryptopidae Genus: Cryptops Species: C. anomalans Binomial name Cryptops anomalans...
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  • Paracryptops breviunguis is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was described in 1895 by Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri. The...
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    a distinctive gizzard. Gizzards in the families Scolopocryptopidae, Cryptopidae, and Plutoniumidae are characterized by a sieve formed by multiple transverse...
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  • Cryptops australis is a species of centipede in the Cryptopidae family. It was first described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport. It occurs...
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