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.
42 branches of this group, most-observed first
Common Cryptops
speciesCryptops hortensis
Greater Cryptops
speciesCryptops anomalans
Cryptops floridanus
speciesCryptops floridanus
Cryptops leucopodus
speciesCryptops leucopodus
Paris Cryptops
speciesCryptops parisi
Cryptops australis
speciesCryptops australis
Cryptops trisulcatus
speciesCryptops trisulcatus
Cryptops hispanus
speciesCryptops hispanus
Cryptops kosswigi
speciesCryptops kosswigi
Cryptops japonicus
speciesCryptops japonicus
Cryptops beebei
speciesCryptops beebei
Cryptops doriae
speciesCryptops doriae
Cryptops speleorex
speciesCryptops speleorex
Cryptops megaloporus
speciesCryptops megaloporus
Cryptops nepalensis
speciesCryptops nepalensis
Cryptops pori
speciesCryptops pori
Cryptops polyodontus
speciesCryptops polyodontus
Cryptops arapuni
speciesCryptops arapuni
Cryptops navis
speciesCryptops navis
Cryptops notandus
speciesCryptops notandus
Cryptops mirus
speciesCryptops mirus
Cryptops punicus
speciesCryptops punicus
Cryptops nigropictus
speciesCryptops nigropictus
Cryptops legagus
speciesCryptops legagus
Cryptops philammus
speciesCryptops philammus
Cryptops navigans
speciesCryptops navigans
Cryptops peringueyi
speciesCryptops peringueyi
Cryptops rhodesianus
speciesCryptops rhodesianus
Cryptops fitzsimonsi
speciesCryptops fitzsimonsi
Cryptops pauciporus
speciesCryptops pauciporus
Cryptops echinipes
speciesCryptops echinipes
Cryptops burenius
speciesCryptops burenius
Cryptops audax
speciesCryptops audax
Peninsula Cave Millipede
speciesCryptops stupendus
Cryptops lamprethus
speciesCryptops lamprethus
Cryptops dilagus
speciesCryptops dilagus
Cryptops niuensis
speciesCryptops niuensis
Cryptops rucneri
speciesCryptops rucneri
Cryptops typhloporus
speciesCryptops typhloporus
Cryptops tahitianus
speciesCryptops tahitianus
Cryptops positus
speciesCryptops positus
Cryptops inermipes
speciesCryptops inermipes
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 999965.