Eupolybothrus cavernicolus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Lithobiomorpha
Family
Lithobiidae
Genus
Eupolybothrus
Species
Eupolybothrus cavernicolus
Scientific Name
Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus is a species of centipede so far only found in two caves near the village of Kistanje, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

It has been dubbed the cyber-centipede as it is the first eukaryotic species for which, in addition to the traditional morphological description, scientists have provided a transcriptomic profile, DNA barcoding data, detailed anatomical X-ray microtomography (micro-CT), and a movie of the living specimen.

It was discovered in by 2013 by biospeleologists Komerički and Stoev.

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