Biology:Centruroides barbudensis
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Short description: Species of scorpion
| Centruroides barbudensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Centruroides |
| Species: | C. barbudensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Centruroides barbudensis Pocock, 1898[1]
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Centruroides barbudensis is a species of scorpion in the family Buthidae.[2]
It possesses excitatory neurotoxins that act on sodium and potassium channels. Toxic catecholamine-release can cause adrenergic cardiac effects.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. It is found in Sombrero, Anguilla, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe and Martinique
References
- ↑ "Genus Centruroides Marx,1890". Mes Scorpions. 26 October 2005. http://bultel.p.free.fr/En/Centruroides%20sp.htm. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ "Centruroides barbudensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. 4 August 2012. http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Centruroides_barbudensis/. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ "Centruroides barbudensis". http://www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?fuseaction=main.scorpions.display&id=SC0232.
Wikidata ☰ Q2946215 entry
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