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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