- Source: Cryptops hortensis
Cryptops hortensis, the common cryptops, is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814).
Description
The 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.
Distribution and habitat
This species is found in all of Europe except for: the Baltic states, Andorra, Belarus, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Russia, Vatican City and various European islands. It has also been introduced to Tasmania, Australia. It is found in gardens and woodland, and under stones and logs.
References
External links
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cryptops hortensis
- Cryptops
- Cryptops anomalans
- List of Myriapoda species of Ireland
- Cryptopidae
- Movile Cave
