Cave Centipedes
Cryptops
Cryptops (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.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cryptops
subgenusCryptops
Trigonocryptops
subgenusTrigonocryptops
Cryptops umbricus
speciesCryptops umbricus
Paracryptops
subgenusParacryptops
Chromatanops
subgenusChromatanops
Haplocryptops
subgenusHaplocryptops
Paratrigonocryptops
subgenusParatrigonocryptops
Trichocryptops
subgenusTrichocryptops
Cryptops schubarti
speciesCryptops schubarti
Cryptops dubiotarsalis
speciesCryptops dubiotarsalis
Cryptops galatheae
speciesCryptops galatheae
Cryptops goiasus
speciesCryptops goiasus
Cryptops heathi
speciesCryptops heathi
Cryptops triangulifer
speciesCryptops triangulifer
Cryptops lobatus
speciesCryptops lobatus
Cryptops sublitoralis
speciesCryptops sublitoralis
Cryptops similis
speciesCryptops similis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 171278.