Biology:Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

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Short description: Species of centipede

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus
Eupolybothrus cavernicolus male paratype.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Eupolybothrus
Species:
E. cavernicolus
Binomial name
Eupolybothrus cavernicolus
(Komerički & Stoev, 2013)

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus is a species of centipede so far only found in two caves near the village of Kistanje, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.[1]

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.[1][2]

It was discovered in by 2013 by biospeciesologists Komerički and Stoev.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16752956 entry