Scolopendra galapagoensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Scolopendromorpha
- Family
- Scolopendridae
- Genus
- Scolopendra
- Species
- Scolopendra galapagoensis
- Scientific Name
- Scolopendra galapagoensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Scolopendra galapagoensis
Scolopendra galapagoensis, also known as the Galápagos centipede and Darwin's goliath centipede, is species of very large centipede in the family Scolopendridae. It is the only representative of the genus Scolopendra on the Galapagos Islands, among twelve other species of centipede present on the Islands. It is also found on mainland South America in Ecuador and Peru, and on Cocos Island in Costa Rica.
...Scolopendra galapagoensis in languages:
- English
- Galápagos centipede
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Scolopendra abnormis
- Scolopendra afer
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- Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides
- Scolopendra aztecorum
- Scolopendra calcarata
- Scolopendra canidens
- Scolopendra cataracta
- Scolopendra cingulata
- Scolopendra clavipes
- Scolopendra crassa
- Scolopendra cretica
- Scolopendra dalmatica
- Scolopendra dawydoffi
- Scolopendra dehaani
- Scolopendra galapagoensis
- Scolopendra gigantea
- Scolopendra hainanum
- Scolopendra hardwickei
- Scolopendra hermosa
- Scolopendra heros
- Scolopendra japonica
- Scolopendra laeta
- Scolopendra madagascariensis
- Scolopendra mazbii
- Scolopendra metuenda
- Scolopendra michoacana
- Scolopendra mirabilis
- Scolopendra monticola
- Scolopendra morsitans
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- Scolopendra mutilans
- Scolopendra oraniensis
- Scolopendra pachygnatha
- Scolopendra paradoxa
- Scolopendra polymorpha
- Scolopendra pomacea
- Scolopendra robusta
- Scolopendra spinipriva
- Scolopendra spinosissima
- Scolopendra subcrustalis
- Scolopendra subspinipes
- Scolopendra sumichrasti
- Scolopendra valida
- Scolopendra violacea
- Scolopendra viridicornis
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